City size comparison

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Seattle is about 11 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, making Seattle 8.85% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Seattle uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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