City size comparison

compared to

Los Angeles is about 4.4 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 22.73% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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