City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 7 times bigger than Hamburg.

Hamburg is approximately 755 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 608% larger than Hamburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hamburg vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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