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What is a Square Kilometer?
Area Unit
Definition
A square kilometer is a unit of area equal to 1,000,000 square meters or 100 hectares.
Popular Square Kilometer Conversions
Most common conversions from Square Kilometers
1 km² = 1,000,000 m² Square Kilometer to Square Meters 1 km² = 10,000,000,000 cm² Square Kilometer to Square Centimeters 1 km² = 1,000,000,000,000 mm² Square Kilometer to Square Millimeters 1 km² = 100 ha Square Kilometer to Hectares 1 km² = 247.1054 ac Square Kilometer to Acres 1 km² = 0.386102 mi² Square Kilometer to Square Miles
History
The square kilometer is used for measuring large areas such as cities, countries, and geographical features. It is part of the metric system.
Common Uses
- Country and city areas
- Geographic features
- Forest and protected areas
- Population density calculations
Fun Facts
Russia is about 17.1 million square kilometers
Central Park is about 3.4 square kilometers
Monaco is only about 2 square kilometers
All Square Kilometer Conversions
Square Kilometers to Square Meters km² → m² Square Kilometers to Square Centimeters km² → cm² Square Kilometers to Square Millimeters km² → mm² Square Kilometers to Hectares km² → ha Square Kilometers to Acres km² → ac Square Kilometers to Square Miles km² → mi² Square Kilometers to Square Yards km² → yd² Square Kilometers to Square Feet km² → ft² Square Kilometers to Square Inches km² → in²