City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 12 times bigger than Stockholm.

Stockholm (map shows its 47 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 207 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 1,083% larger than Stockholm.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Stockholm vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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