City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 2.2 times bigger than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 118% larger than Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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