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  2. Acre - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    This list includes three measurements of area: Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines. Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.

  4. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    Different areas have different size of Bigha, [7] hence this system is no longer used since 1957 when it was replaced by the standardised Acre-Kanal-Marla based meter system. Acre-Kanal-Marla system (currently used, standardised metre system) 1 Karam = 66 inch; 1 Sarsari = 1 Karam X 1 Karam; 9 Sarsari = 1 Marla; 20 Marla = 1 Kanal; 8 Kanal = 1 ...

  5. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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    One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...

  6. Hectare - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A square 5 perches on each side, or one quarter of an acre. acre, or arpent carré: 48 400 ~5107 m 2 ~6108 sq yd, or ~1.262 acres The French acre is a square 10 perches (one arpent) on each side. (Does not exactly correspond to the English acre, which is defined as 43 560 square feet.) North America: perche du roi carrée: 324 ~34.19 m 2 ~40.89 ...

  8. English units - Wikipedia

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    In England an acre was 4,840 square yards (4,050 m 2), in Scotland 6,150 square yards (5,140 m 2) and in Ireland 7,840 square yards (6,560 m 2). It is a Saxon unit, meaning "field". Bovate, Oxgang: 6 ha: The area that one ox can plough in a single year. Approximately 15 acres or one eighth of a carucate. Virgate: 12 ha

  9. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil ... 16 lachams = 1 acre; Paddy Culture (P.C.) 12 kulies = 1 ...