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Area is a physical Quantity expressing the size of a part of a Surface . '''Surface area''' is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an Object .


UNITS


Units for measuring surface area include:
: Square Metre = SI Derived Unit
: Are = 100 square metres
: Hectare = 10,000 square metres
: Square Kilometre = 1,000,000 square metres
:square megametre = 1012 square metres

Imperial Unit s, as currently defined from the metre:
: Square Foot (plural square feet) = 0.09290304 square metres
: Square Yard = 9 square feet = 0.83612736 square metres
:square Perch = 30.25 square yards = 25.2928526 square metres
: Acre = 160 square perches or 43,560 square feet = 4046.8564224 square metres
: Square Mile = 640 acres = 2.5899881103 square kilometres

Old European area units, still in used in some private matters (e.g. land sale advertisements)
:square Fathom or fahomia in some sources = 3.5967 square metres
: Cadastral moon(acre) = 1600� square fathoms = 5755 square metres

The article Orders Of Magnitude links to lists of Objects Of Comparable Surface Area .


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