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Square meter (m²) - SI unit of area
Square meter is the SI unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides of 1 meter. Used worldwide for measuring floor space, land parcels, and surface areas in science and engineering.
- Symbol: m²
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 m² = 10,000 cm² = 1,000,000 mm² = 1×10⁻⁴ ha
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 m² ≈ 10.7639104 ft² ≈ 1.19599005 yd² ≈ 1550.0031 in²
- Typical examples: apartment room sizes, building floor plans, material coverage (paint, flooring), cross-sectional and surface areas in calculations
Dunam (donum; dönüm) - regional land area
Dunam is a regional metric land unit widely used in the Middle East, most commonly defined today as 1,000 square meters. Used in agriculture, real estate, and land records; note that historical values vary by country.
- Names/aliases: dunam, donum, dönüm; often equated with the decare
- System: Metric (non-SI, regional)
- Exact (modern metric): 1 dunam = 1,000 m² = 0.1 ha ≈ 0.247105381 acres
- Regional variants (historical/legal): Cyprus donum ≈ 1,338 m²; Iraq dunam = 2,500 m²; older Ottoman-era values ranged ~900–1,600 m²
- Typical examples: farm plots and urban parcels listed in dunams; planning and zoning documents across Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey (usage/name varies)