Country size comparison

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Sacramento is about 4,819 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Sacramento is approximately 253 sq km, making Sacramento 0.02% the size of South Africa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Sacramento uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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