City size comparison

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Atlanta is about 4.7 times smaller than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Atlanta (map shows its 114 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 350 sq km, making Atlanta 21.32% the size of Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Atlanta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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