City size comparison

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Sacramento is about 21 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Sacramento is approximately 253 sq km, making Sacramento 4.74% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Sacramento uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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