9.07.2006

Is New Jersey the only state the size of New Jersey?

Talibanistan: The Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan (The Fourth Rail):
The Pakistani government has ceded a region the size of New Jersey, with a population of about 800,000 to the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Seems like just a few short weeks ago Israel was being described as "about the size of New Jersey." I wonder how many other countries are about that size.

And why does New Jersey always get the glory? New Jersey is he 47th biggest state; New Hampshire is the 46th, and only about 600 square miles larger. So how accurate is this "about," anyway. And why are so many little states called "new"?

(So yes, New Jersey is the only state the size of New Jersey, but not by much.)

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