City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 1.6 times bigger than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 56% larger than London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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