City size comparison

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Cape Town is around the same size as Ottawa.

Ottawa is approximately 2,779 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 88.34% the size of Ottawa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ottawa vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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