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South Africa is about 2,959 times bigger than Athens.

Athens is approximately 412 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 295,796% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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