City size comparison

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Albany is about 96 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Albany (map shows its 24 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 55 sq km, making Albany 1.04% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Albany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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