City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 2 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 49.48% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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