Information AboutSquare Mile |
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The square mile is an Imperial and US Unit of Area equal the area of a Square of one Statute Mile . It should not be confused with the archaic ''miles square'', which refers to the number of miles on each side squared. For instance, 20 miles square (20 x 20 miles) is equal to 400 square miles. SYMBOLS There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
CONVERSIONS 1 square mile is equivalent to:
In the Public Land Survey System of the U.S. and the Dominion Land Survey of Canada , the size of a standard Section Of Land is one square mile, but always with the marginally larger survey definition. |
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