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Square Kilometer to Acre (km² to ac) Conversion

Square Kilometer (km²)
Acre (ac)

Square Kilometer (km²)

Definition: A square kilometer (km²) is a metric unit of area equal to a square with sides of one kilometer.

History: Adopted with the metric system, it replaced traditional units like square miles in many countries for land measurement.

Current Use: Used in geography, land surveying, and environmental studies to measure large land areas.

Acre (ac)

Definition: An acre is an imperial unit of area equal to 4,047 square meters or 0.4047 hectares.

History: Historically, an acre represented the area a team of oxen could plow in a day. It was formalized over centuries.

Current Use: Still widely used in the US and UK for real estate, agriculture, and land ownership.

Quick Conversion Table Square Kilometer (km²) to Acre (ac)

1 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 247.1053815 Acre (ac)

5 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 1,235.5269073 Acre (ac)

10 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 2,471.0538147 Acre (ac)

20 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 4,942.1076293 Acre (ac)

30 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 7,413.161444 Acre (ac)

50 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 12,355.2690734 Acre (ac)

75 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 18,532.90361 Acre (ac)

100 Square Kilometer (km²) equal to 24,710.5381467 Acre (ac)