City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 20 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 1,880% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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