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To help in showing the sizes of different geographic regions, areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares) are listed below.
- Areas smaller than 1 km²
- 1 square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. It is equal to:
- 179 hectares—Bennebroek, smallest municipality in the Netherlands
- 195 hectares—Monaco (country ranked 192nd by area)
- 200 hectares—Herm, Channel Islands
- 250 hectares—Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens in London
- 290 hectares—City of London
- 320 hectares—Hampstead Heath in London
- 341 hectares—Central Park in New York
- 400 hectares—Great Wall of China, largest human structure.
- 460 hectares—Pitcairn Island
- 493 hectares—University of the Philippines Diliman
- 650 hectares—Gibraltar
- 890 hectares—size of largest organism on Earth, Armillaria ostoyae.[1]
- Areas larger than 10 km²
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Image comparing various units: square mile (the entire yellow square), square kilometre, hectare and acre, as well as a soccer field and a Manhattan block.
An area of one square kilometre consists of 100 hectares each containing 10,000 square metres.
Notes
- ↑ BBC: Fantastic Fungus Find accessed 31 August 2006