Santa Barbara is around the same size as Olympia.

Olympia is approximately 47 sq km, while Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, making Santa Barbara 7% larger than Olympia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Olympia vs. Santa Barbara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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