City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 2.6 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 38.71% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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