| square kilometre | |
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 The square kilometre (red square) compared to other areas, including a square mile (the entire yellow square) | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | SI units |
| Unit of | area |
| Symbol | km2 |
| Conversions | |
| 1 km2 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
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The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
1 km2 is equal to:
- 1,000,000 square metres (m2)
- 100 hectares (ha)
It is also approximately equal to:
- 0.3861 square miles [2]
- 247.1 acres [3]
Conversely:
- 1 m2 = 0.000001 (10−6) km2
- 1 hectare = 0.01 (10−2) km2
- 1 square mile = 2.5899 km2 [4]
- 1 acre = about 0.004047 km2 [5]
The symbol "km2" means (km)2, square kilometre or kilometre squared and not k(m2), kilo–square metre. For example, 3 km2 is equal to 3×(1,000m)2 = 3,000,000 m2, not 3,000 m2.
- ^ a b c d "UnitConversion.org Area Converter". web page. UnitConversion.org. 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ There are 0.386102159 international square miles in a square kilometer while there are 0.386100614 US Survey square miles in the same measure. This is because the US Survey measures are very slightly larger than the international measures.[1]
- ^ There are 247.105381467 international acres in a square kilometre while there are only 247.104393047 of the very slightly larger US Survey acres.[1]
- ^ An International square mile equals 2.58998811 km2 while the slightly larger US Survey square mile equals 2.58999847 km2.[1]
- ^ 1 acre (International) = 0.004046856 km2 while 1 acre (US Survey) = 0.004046873 km2 [1]