City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 20 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 1,929% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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