City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 38 times bigger than Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is approximately 140 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 3,720% larger than Minneapolis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minneapolis vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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