City size comparison

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Ottawa is around the same size as Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Ottawa is approximately 2,779 sq km, making Ottawa 13% larger than Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Ottawa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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