City size comparison

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Washington is about 1.4 times smaller than Bucharest.

Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 70.05% the size of Bucharest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bucharest vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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