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Square metres, hectares, and acres
Area is measured in square units. In everyday use, rooms and flats are measured in square metres (m²) or square feet (ft²); land and gardens in hectares (ha) or acres. One hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.471 acres. One acre = 4,047 m² = 0.405 ha. A typical football pitch is about 0.7 hectares.
Real estate and property measurement
In the UK, residential property floor area is commonly given in both square feet and square metres. Larger rural land parcels are measured in acres or hectares. In the US, floor space is almost exclusively in square feet. One square foot = 0.0929 square metres; 1,000 sq ft ≈ 93 m².
Large-scale area units
For very large areas — countries, continents, or bodies of water — square kilometres (km²) and square miles are used. The UK has an area of about 243,000 km² (93,800 square miles); the USA covers around 9.8 million km² (3.8 million square miles). One square mile = 2.59 km² = 640 acres.