City size comparison

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Ottawa is about 1.9 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Ottawa is approximately 2,779 sq km, making Ottawa 52.01% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Ottawa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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