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A Morgen (Mg) is a historical, but still occasionally used, German unit of area used in agriculture. [1] Officially, it is no longer in use, but rather the hectare. [1] While today it is approximately equivalent to the Prussian morgen, measuring 25 ares or 2,500 square meters, its area once ranged from 1,906 to 11,780 square meters, but usually between ¼ and ½ hectare. [1]
On average, a global hectare can be produced in the area of a standard hectare. A hectare (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ɛər /; symbol ha) is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres (107,639 sq ft) (a square 100 metres on each side or 328 feet on each side), 2.471 acres, 0.01 square kilometers, 0.00386102 square miles, or one square hectometre (100 metres squared).
[4] [5] The hectare (ha), a common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectometre (hm 2). The hectometer has sometimes been used for expressing the distance to a target in warfare. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
The first metric Melbourne Cup was raced in November 1972. An early change was the metrication of horse racing. This was facilitated because the furlong (one-eighth of a mile) is close to 200 m. Therefore, the Melbourne Cup was changed from 2 mi to 3,200 m, a reduction of 19 m or about 0.6%. The first metric Melbourne Cup was raced in November ...
The producer price index released a day earlier on January 14 reported a modest 0.3% increase in wholesale prices in December, rising 3.3% year over year, up from 3% in November.
The hectare (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ɛər,-t ɑːr /; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm 2), that is, 10,000 square metres (10,000 m 2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about 0.405 hectares and one hectare contains about ...
The U.S. added 525,000 square miles to its domain – land that would eventually become part of 10 states. In 1867, the federal government purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, adding ...
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