City size comparison

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Sydney is about 1.4 times smaller than Gisborne.

Gisborne (map shows its 10 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 38 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 69.5% the size of Gisborne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gisborne vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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