City size comparison

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Washington is about 1.5 times smaller than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 64.98% the size of Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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