City size comparison

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Washington is about 1.4 times smaller than Madison.

Madison (map shows its 124 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 217 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 73.1% the size of Madison.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madison vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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