City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 17 times smaller than Santiago.

Santiago (area of the 32 comunas of Santiago Province) is approximately 2,030 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 5.96% the size of Santiago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santiago vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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