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The primary grid pattern is of quarter sections (1 ⁄ 2 mi × 1 ⁄ 2 mi (800 m × 800 m)). In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. [1]
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
As a unit of area, a square perch (the perch being standardized to equal 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards) is equal to a square rod, 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 square yards (25.29 square metres) or 1 ⁄ 160 acre. There are 40 square perches to a rood (for example a rectangular area of 40 rods times one rod), and 160 square perches to an acre (for ...
square mile mille carré: 640 acres 2.589988110336 km 2: acre: acre: 4,840 sq yd 4,046.856422 m 2: square rod perche carrée: 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 sq yd 25.29285264 m 2: square yard yard carré or verge carrée: a superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one yard 8361.2736 cm 2: square foot pied carré: 1 ⁄ 9 sq yd 929. ...
Table of Chinese square units effective in 1930 [3] Pinyin Character Relative value Metric value Imperial value Notes fāng cùn: 方寸: 1 ⁄ 100: 11 + 1 ⁄ 9 cm 2: 1.722 sq in square cun fāng chǐ: 方尺: 1 1 ⁄ 9 m 2: 172.2 sq in 1.196 sq ft square chi fāng zhàng: 方丈: 100 11 + 1 ⁄ 9 m 2: 119.6 sq ft 13.29 sq yd square zhang
A league can also be a unit of area, used to express the area of land, that is equal to 25 million square varas. A (square) league is equivalent to about 4,428.4 acres (1,792.11 ha). It was used in the archaic system of old Spanish land grants affecting Texas and parts of adjoining states and this use of league is used throughout the Texas ...
1 ⁄ 6 ~187.4 m 2 ~224.1 sq yd tomna: tomniet, or tmien 1 ~1,124 m 2 ~1344 sq yd exactly 5 ⁄ 18 acre, or 12,100 square feet. This unit is also exactly 256 qasba kwadru. Sometimes called a tumolo in English texts. Also called Tumoli with modern real estate agents Cf. dunam. wejba: wejbiet 4 ~4497 m 2 ~1.111 acres exactly 1 + 1 ⁄ 9 acres ...
See measurement of land in Punjab as below: 1 Killa = 1 Acre (4,046.8 square metre or 4,840 square yard) 1 Killa = 8 Kanal = 2 Bigha = 160 Marla; 1 Bigha = 4 Kanal = 0.5 Killa = 80 Marla; 1 Bigha = 2,023.4 square metre or 2,420 square yard; 1 Kanal = 20 Marla = 0.25 Bigha (605 square yard) 1 Marla = 25.29 square metre or 30.25 square yard