El Salvador is about 13 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 1,169% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. El Salvador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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