City size comparison

compared to

Alexandria is about 138 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, making Alexandria 0.72% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Alexandria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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