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Convert Square Mile to Are (mi² to a) instantly with accurate, readable results.
Convert between square meters, acres, square feet, hectares, and other common units with our Area Unit Converter. This intuitive unit conversion tool helps you calculate land size, floor space, and surface area across both metric and imperial systems. Whether you're working on real estate, construction, or geography tasks, our area unit conversion calculator ensures precise and instant results.
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
Are (a) - metric area unit
Are is a metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters. Used for measuring small land parcels, gardens, and property listings; closely related to the hectare (100 ares).
- Symbol: a
- System: Metric (non-SI, accepted for use with SI)
- Exact relations: 1 a = 100 m²; 1 ha = 100 a; 1 km² = 10,000 a
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 a ≈ 1076.39104 ft² ≈ 119.599005 yd² ≈ 0.0247105381 acres
- Typical examples: garden plots ~1–5 a; small property subdivisions; cadastral records in parts of Europe