City size comparison

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Newark is about 85 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Newark (map shows its 20 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 63 sq km, making Newark 1.17% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Newark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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