City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 16 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 1,451% larger than Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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