City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 6 times bigger than Calgary.

Calgary (map shows its 242 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 826 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 547% larger than Calgary.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Calgary vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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