Bellingham is about 73 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Bellingham (map shows its 21 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 73 sq km, making Bellingham 1.37% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Bellingham uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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