City size comparison

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Santa Barbara is about 3.3 times smaller than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, while Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, making Santa Barbara 30.45% the size of Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. Santa Barbara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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