City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 1.2 times bigger than Santiago.

Santiago (area of the 32 comunas of Santiago Province) is approximately 2,030 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 21% larger than Santiago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santiago vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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