City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 10 times bigger than Warsaw.

Warsaw is approximately 517 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 933% larger than Warsaw.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Warsaw vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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