City size comparison

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Washington is about 10 times smaller than Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 10.4% the size of Sao Paulo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sao Paulo vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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