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equivalent to one square hectometre 1.0 ha (2.5 acres) Imperial & US customary: square mile: sqmi Q232291: sq mi 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km 2) sqmi km2; acre: acre Q81292 (none) 1.0 acre (0.40 ha) square yard: sqyd Q1550511: sq yd 1.0 sq yd (0.84 m 2) square foot: sqft (ft2, sqfoot, foot2) Q857027: sq ft long code "sqfoot (foot2)" outputs square foot ...
Area (system unit unit-code symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combination output units SI: square kilometre: km2 km 2: US spelling: square kilometer 1.0 km 2 (0.39 sq mi)
Conversions between units in the metric system are defined by their prefixes (for example, 1 kilogram = 1000 grams, 1 milligram = 0.001 grams) and are thus not listed in this article. Exceptions are made if the unit is commonly known by another name (for example, 1 micron = 10 −6 metre).
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...
square mile mille carré: 640 acres 2.589988110336 km 2: acre: acre: 4,840 sq yd 4,046.856422 m 2: square rod perche carrée: 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 sq yd 25.29285264 m 2: square yard yard carré or verge carrée: a superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one yard 8361.2736 cm 2: square foot pied carré: 1 ⁄ 9 sq yd 929. ...
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The marla is a traditional unit of area that is used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The marla was standardized under British raj to be equal to the square rod, or 272.25 square feet, 30.25 square yards, or 25.2929 square metres.