City size comparison

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Washington is about 5 times smaller than Austin.

Austin (map shows its 70 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 829 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 19.11% the size of Austin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austin vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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