City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 3.3 times bigger than Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 228% larger than Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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