City size comparison

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Rome is about 1.9 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 52.44% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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