Istanbul is about 19 times bigger than Shreveport.

Shreveport is approximately 280 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 1,807% larger than Shreveport.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shreveport vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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