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About Hectare
Symbol: ha
Unit of: Area
Unit system: Non-SI unit accepted for use with SI
Hectare is a metric unit used in measuring land areas. It is abbreviated as Ha. The “ha” is derived from the Latin word for the area, "Hectares". A hectare of land measures 10,000 square meters which approximately translates to 2.471 acres according to the British Imperial System.
1 Ha | 2.47 acres |
1 Ha | 10,000 square meters |
1 Ha | 107, 639 sqft |
1 Ha | 11,959 square yards |
1 Ha | 100 ares |
Hectare though not a unit of SI it is the only called area measurement unit recognized as a valid unit for SI units. The name was invented in French and comes and comes from the Latin area. In practice, the hectare originated from SI equivalent to a square hectometer. It is widely used around the globe for measuring large land areas and is also the legal measurement unit in all areas of the ownership of land, its planning, and management, which includes laws (land deeds) and forestry, agriculture, and town planning in all of the European Union and Australia (since 1970). However it is there are countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Burma, and to some degree, Canada that utilizes the acre as a substitute. Some countries that had the general change between traditional and metric measurement (e.g. Canada) needed a revisit the units of measure used in legal descriptions of land were changed to metric units. Other countries like South Africa, published conversion factors to be utilized "when making consolidation diagrams through compilation" In several countries, metrication has redefined or clarified measures using the metric units. The units that are derived from the area were redefined as equal to one hectare. In several countries, metrication was defined or clarified existing measures using measurement units. The units that are derived from the area have been defined as equivalent to one hectare. * Jerib in Iran * Djerib in Turkey * Manzana in Argentina * Bunder in The Netherlands (until 1937
Related Conversion - Hectare and Decimal
| Hectare to Other units | Decimal to Other units |
|---|---|
| Hectare to Gaj | Decimal to Gaj |
| Hectare to Acre | Decimal to Acre |
| Hectare to Hectare | Decimal to Hectare |
| Hectare to Ghunta | Decimal to Ghunta |
| Hectare to Square Yard | Decimal to Square Yard |
| Hectare to Square Feet | Decimal to Square Feet |
Quick Converter
| Biswa to Acre | Bigha to Acre |
| Cent to Acre | Hecter to Acre |
| Murabba to Acre | Square Feet to Acre |
| Square Yard to Acre | Ghunta to Acre |
| Kanal to Acre |
