City size comparison

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Beijing is about 7 times bigger than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 569% larger than Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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