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  2. Dunam - Wikipedia

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    In Israel and Turkey, the dunam is 1,000 square metres (10,764 sq ft), which is 1 decare. From the Ottoman period and through the early years of the British Mandate for Palestine , the size of a dunam was 919.3 square metres (9,895 sq ft), but in 1928, the metric dunam of 1,000 square metres (0.10 ha) was adopted, and this is still used today ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (area) - Wikipedia

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    Wing area of Airbus A380, the largest commercial airliner [33] 978 m 2: Size of the primary mirror of the Extremely Large Telescope, the largest optical telescope in the world (under construction) [34] 10 3: 1 kilo square meter k(m 2) 1,000 m 2: Surface area of a modern stremma or dunam: 1,250 m 2: Surface area of the water in an Olympic-size ...

  4. Stremma - Wikipedia

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    The Byzantine or Morean stremma continued to vary depending on the period and the quality of the land, but usually enclosed an area between 900–1,900 m 2 (9,700–20,500 sq ft). [2] It was originally also known as the "plethron" but this was eventually replaced by "stremma", derived from the verb for "turning" the ground with a Byzantine plow.

  5. Square metre - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square metre with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m 2. [1]

  6. Acre - Wikipedia

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    Stremma or Greek acre ≈ 10,000 square Greek feet, but now set at exactly 1,000 square metres (a similar unit was the zeugarion) [56] Dunam or Turkish acre ≈ 1,600 square Turkish paces, but now set at exactly 1,000 square metres (a similar unit was the çift) [56] Actus quadratus or Roman acre ≈ 14,400 square Roman feet (about 1,260 square ...

  7. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.

  8. List of islands by area - Wikipedia

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    This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...

  9. List of largest buildings - Wikipedia

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    [33] [34] "home to several hotels, a skating rink, a university and a water park with its artificial beach measuring 5,000 square meters" [35] Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 United Arab Emirates: Dubai: 1,713,000 m 2 (18,440,000 sq ft) Three buildings connected by tunnels. [36] "The baggage handling system used in the terminal is the ...