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Square kilometer (km²) - large SI unit of area
Square kilometer is an SI unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides of 1 kilometer. Used for city sizes, land cover, and geographic mapping.
- Symbol: km²
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 km² = (1000 m)² = 1,000,000 m² = 100 ha = 10⁸ dm² = 10¹⁰ cm² = 10¹² mm²
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 km² ≈ 0.386102159 mi² ≈ 247.105381 acres
- Typical examples: municipality areas, national park extents, watershed and habitat mapping
Square mile (mi²) - large land area
Square mile is an Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square 1 mile on a side. Used for cities, counties, and large land tracts.
- Symbol: mi²
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 mi² = (5280 ft)² = 27,878,400 ft² = 3,097,600 yd² = 640 acres
- Metric equivalents: 1 mi² = (1609.344 m)² = 2,589,988.110336 m² ≈ 2.58999 km²
- Typical examples: municipal areas, county sizes, watershed extents