City size comparison

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Santiago is about 1.2 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Santiago (area of the 32 comunas of Santiago Province) is approximately 2,030 sq km, making Santiago 82.71% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Santiago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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