City size comparison

compared to

Arlington is about 22 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Arlington is approximately 248 sq km, making Arlington 4.65% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Arlington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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