City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 25 times bigger than Lisbon.

Lisbon (map shows its 24 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 100 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 2,353% larger than Lisbon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lisbon vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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