City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 11 times bigger than Helsinki.

Helsinki is approximately 214 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 1,045% larger than Helsinki.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Helsinki vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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