City size comparison

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Riga is about 1.9 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 92% larger than Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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