City size comparison

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Zurich is about 61 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, making Zurich 1.64% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Zurich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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