City size comparison

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Bern is around the same size as Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while Bern is approximately 52 sq km, making Bern 2% larger than Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. Bern uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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