City size comparison

compared to

Seattle is about 25 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, making Seattle 4.07% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Seattle uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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