City size comparison

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Washington is about 2.3 times smaller than Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 44.06% the size of Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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