City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 34 times bigger than Richmond.

Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 3,343% larger than Richmond.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Richmond vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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