City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 2.2 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 45.94% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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