City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 12 times bigger than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 1,118% larger than New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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