City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 24 times bigger than Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 2,306% larger than Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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