City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.5 times smaller than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 68.36% the size of District of Columbia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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