City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 2.8 times smaller than Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City is approximately 6,773 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 36.24% the size of Ho Chi Minh City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ho Chi Minh City vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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