City size comparison

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Washington is about 16 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 6.45% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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