A square kilometer is the unit of area that corresponds to a square of one kilometer on each side. Equivalent to a million square meters . In the SI it is symbolized with km² . As it is not an abbreviation but an international symbol, it does not admit a period , capitalization , or plural (see spelling rules for SI symbols ).
1 km² = 10 6 m² = 1,000,000 m² = 100 ha
Equivalences
- 1,000,000,000,000 mm²
- 10,000,000,000 cm²
- 100,000,000 dm²
- 1,000,000 m²
- 10,000 areasor dam²
- 100 hectaresor hm²
The square kilometer is commonly used to measure the surface of a country and all its territorial divisions, as well as all kinds of large surfaces.
