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Area is a two-dimensional measure of a region that is either entirely within a plane or else is on the surface of a sphere or other region having a curved surface.

The SI unit of area is the square meter. One square meter is also called a centiare, after the old unit of area, the are. All other units are defined in relationship to it, as:

International System of Units

• 1e+2 dm²,dm²
• 1e+4 cm²,cm²
• 1e+6 mm²,mm²
• 1e+12 μ²,μ²
• 1e+18 nm²,nm²
• 1e+24 pm²,pm²

• 1e-1 da,decare,decares
• 1e-2 dam²,dam²,dkm²,dkm²,a,are,ares
• 1e-4 hm²,hm²,ha,hectare,hectares
• 1e-6 km²,km²

US Customary system

• 1.5500030999938E+003 in²,in², sq in
• 1.07639104166236e+001 ft²,ft²,sq ft
• 1.19599004556244 yd²,yd²,sq yd
• 3.95368610347464e-002 rod²,rod²,perch,perches
• 2.47105381467165e-003 chain²,chain²
• 9.88421525868661e-004 rood,roods
• 2.47105381467165e-004 acre,acres
• 2.47104393046628e-004 US acre (This is the US Survey Acre)
• 3.86102158542446e-007 mi²,mi²,sq mi

Astronomy

• 2.63720034811045e-014 A☾
• 1.96050753619097e-015 A⊕
• 1.60824450462853e-017 A♃
• 1.64262979116098e-019 A☉