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  2. Square foot - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square foot (pl. square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft 2; also denoted by ' 2 and ⏍) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Hong Kong.

  3. Apartment - Wikipedia

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    However prices per square foot/meter are often much higher than in suburban areas. Moving up in size from studio flats are one-bedroom apartments, which contain a bedroom enclosed from the other rooms of the apartment, usually by an internal door. This is followed by two-bedroom, three-bedroom, etc. Apartments with more than three bedrooms are ...

  4. Studio apartment - Wikipedia

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    In India, studio apartments in general are called one room kitchen (1RK) apartment featuring a hallway with a bedroom with a bathroom and attached kitchenette to the hall mostly used by one or two people or a small family ranging from 200 to 450 square feet (19 to 42 m 2). Italy In Italy, Italians call them "monolocale", meaning "one room".

  5. Square (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The square is an Imperial unit of area that is used in the construction industry in the United States and Canada, [1] and was historically used in Australia. One square is equal to 100 square feet . Examples where the unit is used are roofing shingles, metal roofing, vinyl siding, and fibercement siding products.

  6. List of city squares by size - Wikipedia

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    City square City Country Area Dimensions, notes Year Photo Ref (m 2) [1] (ft 2) ; Xinghai Square: Dalian China 1,760,000 18,900,000: Commemorates the centenary of the founding of the city

  7. City block - Wikipedia

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    In Chicago, a typical city block is 330 by 660 feet (100 m × 200 m), [2] meaning that 16 east-west blocks or 8 north-south blocks measure one mile, which has been adopted by other US cities. In much of the United States and Canada, the addresses follow a block and lot number system , in which each block of a street is allotted 100 building ...

  8. Square inch - Wikipedia

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    1 square inch (assuming an international inch) is equal to: (the overbars indicate repeating decimals) 0.006 9 4 square feet (1 square foot is equal to 144 square inches) 0.000 7 71 604 9382 square yards (1 square yard is equal to 1,296 square inches) 6.4516 square centimetres (1 square centimetre is equal to 0.155 000 310... square inches)

  9. Tower block - Wikipedia

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    The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud bricks, but about five hundred of them are tower houses, which rise five to sixteen stories high, [19] with each floor having one or two apartments. [20] [21] This technique of building was implemented to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around two thousand years ...