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South Africa is about 13,545 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,354,444% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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