City size comparison

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Washington is about 10 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 9.54% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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