1 E9 m²

1 E9 m² is a term used to group together areas of similar size. It is used for places that are between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km² in area. The term is based from the scientific notation for 1 x 10⁹m².

1,000 km² is equal to:
- 100,000 hectares
- approx. 386 square miles
- approx. 247,105 acres.
- a circle of radius of approx. 18 km.
- a square of side of approx. 32 km.

Notable areas of this size by continent

Africa

1,651 km² — Zanzibar, Tanzanian islands in the Indian Ocean
1,860 km² — Mauritius, Indian Ocean
2,170 km² — Comoros, Indian Ocean
2,499 km² — Cape Town, South Africa
3,000 km² — Lake Tana, Ethiopia
4,033 km² — Cape Verde, Atlantic Ocean
5,250 km² — Lake Nasser, on the border of Egypt and Sudan
7,234 km² — Canary Islands, Spain
8,502 km² — Lake Volta, Ghana
9,965 km² — Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Asia

1,004 km² — Samut Prakan Province, Thailand
1,057 km² — Ulsan, metropolitan city in South Korea
1,074 km² — Changhua County, Taiwan
1,092 km² — Hong Kong
1,121 km² — Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefecture
1,221 km² — Taoyuan County, Taiwan
1,291 km² — Yunlin County, Taiwan
1,398 km² — Pulwama District in Jammu and Kashmir, within the Republic of India
1,414 km² — Alappuzha District in Kerala, India
1,428 km² — Hsinchu County, Taiwan
1,511 km² — Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
1,526 km² — Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
1,569 km² — Bangkok Province, Thailand
1,668 km² — Rohtak District in Haryana, India
1,700 km² — Lake Toba in Indonesia
1,820 km² — Miaoli County, Taiwan
1,846 km² — Jeju, South Korea
1,862 km² — Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
1,893 km² — Osaka Prefecture, Japan
1,902 km² — Chiayi County, Taiwan
1,918 km² — Begusarai, district in Bihar, India
1,940 km² — Pattani Province, Thailand
1,990 km² — Irrigated land in Israel
2,016 km² — Tainan County, Taiwan
2,051 km² — Taichung County, Taiwan
2,053 km² — Taipei County, Taiwan
2,122 km² — Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand
2,144 km² — Yilan County, Taiwan
2,150 km² — Impact of Tunguska event
2,168 km² — Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand
2,187 km² — Tokyo, Japan
2,271 km² — Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
2,415 km² — Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
2,439 km² — Saga Prefecture, Japan
2,470 km² — Chai Nat Province, Thailand
2,479 km² — Satun Province, Thailand
2,557 km² — Ayutthaya Province, Thailand
2,775 km² — Pingtung County, Taiwan
2,793 km² — Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
2,819 km² — Trat Province, Thailand
3,161 km² — Amnat Charoen Province, Thailand
3,298 km² — Ranong Province, Thailand
3,425 km² — Phattalung Province, Thailand
3,507 km² — Tottori Prefecture, Japan
3,515 km² — Taitung County, Taiwan
3,552 km² — Rayong Province, Thailand
3,577 km² — Saraburi Province, Thailand
3,691 km² — Nara Prefecture, Japan
3,702 km² — Goa, India
3,767 km² — Saitama Prefecture, Japan
3,859 km² — Nongbua Lamphu Province, Thailand
3,980 km² — Anantnag District in Indian Occupied Kashmir, within the Republic of India
4,017 km² — Shiga Prefecture, Japan
4,093 km² — Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
4,106 km² — Nantou County, Taiwan
4,145 km² — Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
4,162 km² — Yasothon Province, Thailand
4,170 km² — Phang Nga Province, Thailand
4,185 km² — Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
4,189 km² — Fukui Prefecture, Japan
4,247 km² — Toyama Prefecture, Japan
4,340 km² — Mukdahan Province, Thailand
4,363 km² — Chon Buri Province, Thailand
4,373 km² — Vehari, district in Pakistan
4,465 km² — Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
4,475 km² — Narathiwat Province, Thailand
4,506 km² — Lamphun Province, Thailand
4,521 km² — Yala Province, Thailand
4,531 km² — Phichit Province, Thailand
4,613 km² — Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
4,629 km² — Hualien County, Taiwan
4,709 km² — Krabi Province, Thailand
4,726 km² — Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
4,762 km² — Prachin Buri Province, Thailand
4,918 km² — Trang Province, Thailand
4,971 km² — Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
5,154 km² — Aichi Prefecture, Japan
5,156 km² — Chiba Prefecture, Japan
5,197 km² — Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
5,292 km² — Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand
5,351 km² — Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
5,358 km² — Suphanburi Province, Thailand
5,512 km² — Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand
5,600 km² — West Bank
5,676 km² — Ehime Prefecture, Japan
5,700 km² — Bali, Indonesia
5,761 km² — Mie Prefecture, Japan
5,770 km² — Brunei, country on the island of Borneo
5,804 km² — Ōita Prefecture, Japan
6,009 km² — Chumphon Province, Thailand
6,096 km² — Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
6,111 km² — Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
6,200 km² — Lop Buri Province, Thailand
6,225 km² — Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
6,335 km² — Phayao Province, Thailand
6,338 km² — Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
6,340 km² — Shanghai Municipality, China
6,363 km² — Gunma Prefecture, Japan
6,368 km² — Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand
6,408 km² — Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
6,539 km² — Phrae Province, Thailand
6,596 km² — Sukhothai Province, Thailand
6,621 km² — Kalat, district in Pakistan
6,685 km² — Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
6,707 km² — Shimane Prefecture, Japan
6,730 km² — Uthai Thani Province, Thailand
6,862 km² — Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
6,908 km² — Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
6,947 km² — Kalasin Province, Thailand
7,009 km² — Okayama Prefecture, Japan
7,105 km² — Kochi Prefecture, Japan
7,195 km² — Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand
7,214 km² — Leyte, Philippines
7,329 km² — Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
7,332 km² — Nong Khai Province, Thailand
7,394 km² — Songkhla Province, Thailand
7,436 km² — North Chungcheong, South Korea
7,839 km² — Uttaradit Province, Thailand
8,043 km² — North Jeolla, South Korea
8,061 km² — Dhule in Maharashtra, India
8,124 km² — Surin Province, Thailand
8,299 km² — Roi Et Province, Thailand
8,352 km² — South Chungcheong, South Korea
8,392 km² — Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
8,477 km² — Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
8,578 km² — Sangli in Maharashtra, India
8,607 km² — Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand
8,840 km² — Si Sa Ket Province, Thailand
9,132 km² — Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
9,323 km² — Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
9,505 km² — Buru, Indonesia
9,598 km² — Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand
9,606 km² — Aomori Prefecture, Japan
9,606 km² — Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
9,735 km² — Mindoro, Philippines
9,942 km² — Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand

Europe

1,004 km² — Valkeala, Finland
1,015 km² — Ylikiiminki, Finland
1,025 km² — Schwarzwald-Baar District, Germany
1,030 km² — Saarijärvi, Finland
1,032 km² — Saaremaa, Estonia
1,081 km² — Moscow, Russia
1,086 km² — Haapavesi, Finland
1,089 km² — Eno, Finland
1,130 km² — Conwy, Wales
1,130 km² — Omagh, Northern Ireland
1,139 km² — Paltamo, Finland
1,142 km² — Kitee, Finland
1,161 km² — Liperi, Finland
1,179 km² — Kuopio, Finland
1,186 km² — Jämsä, Finland
1,188 km² — Ruokolahti, Finland
1,210 km² — Mäntyharju, Finland
1,222 km² — South Ayrshire, Scotland
1,235 km² — Rautavaara, Finland
1,238 km² — Puumala, Finland
1,243 km² — Lolland, Denmark
1,246 km² — Val-d'Oise, France
1,248 km² — Pihtipudas, Finland
1,262 km² — Berkshire, England
1,262 km² — East Ayrshire, Scotland
1,276 km² — Greater Manchester, England
1,310 km² — Sofia, Bulgaria
1,315 km² — Kauhajoki, Finland
1,319 km² — Heinävesi, Finland
1,325 km² — Fife, Scotland
1,327 km² — Kangasniemi, Finland
1,346 km² — Juva, Finland
1,406 km² — Pielavesi, Finland
1,423 km² — Kiuruvesi, Finland
1,431 km² — Keuruu, Finland
1,460 km² — Pyhäjärvi, Finland
1,466 km² — Shetland Islands, Scotland
1,484 km² — Simo, Finland
1,493 km² — Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
1,519 km² — Leppävirta, Finland
1,521 km² — Hyrynsalmi, Finland
1,552 km² — South Yorkshire, England
1,577 km² — Sonkajärvi, Finland
1,579 km² — Greater London, England
1,589 km² — Viitasaari, Finland
1,590 km² — Pembrokeshire, Wales
1,595 km² — Tervola, Finland
1,643 km² — Hertfordshire, England
1,660 km² — Fuerteventura, Spain
1,663 km² — Surrey, England
1,700 km² — Isle of Skye, Scotland
1,729 km² — Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
1,736 km² — Utajärvi, Finland
1,745 km² — Worcestershire, England
1,766 km² — Vaala, Finland
1,772 km² — South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1,795 km² — Ceredigion, Wales
1,820 km² — Muonio, Finland
1,846 km² — Juuka, Finland
1,855 km² — Nurmes, Finland
1,866 km² — Pello, Finland
1,876 km² — Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
1,880 km² — Pelkosenniemi, Finland
1,912 km² — Vättern, 2nd largest lake in Sweden
1,975 km² — Warwickshire, England
1,980 km² — Guipúzcoa, smallest province in Spain
1,991 km² — West Sussex, England
2,026 km² — Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2,029 km² — West Yorkshire, England
2,034 km² — Tenerife, Spain
2,142 km² — Snowdonia National Park, Wales
2,180 km² — Herefordshire, England
2,182 km² — Angus, Scotland
2,187 km² — Stirling, Scotland
2,238 km² — Moray, Scotland
2,284 km² — Yvelines, France
2,364 km² — Northamptonshire, England
2,395 km² — Carmarthenshire, Wales
2,479 km² — East Riding of Yorkshire, England
2,512 km² — Réunion, France
2,547 km² — Derbyshire, England
2,548 km² — Gwynedd, Wales
2,586 km² — Luxembourg
2,600 km² — Puolanka, Finland
2,601 km² — Vorarlberg, Austria
2,605 km² — Oxfordshire, England
2,618 km² — Kolari, Finland
2,658 km² — Taivalkoski, Finland
2,670 km² — Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2,757 km² — Drenthe, Netherlands
2,844 km² — County Antrim, Northern Ireland
2,860 km² — Antwerp, Belgium
2,950 km² — Sotkamo, Finland
3,046 km² — Cambridgeshire, England
3,212 km² — Vaud, Switzerland
3,249 km² — Rhône, France
3,263 km² — Aosta Valley, Italy
3,487 km² — Shropshire, England
3,500 km² — Lake Peipsi, eastern Europe
3,525 km² — Haut-Rhin, France
3,526 km² — Giurgiu County, Romania
3,541 km² — Posio, Finland
3,563 km² — Cornwall, England
3,694 km² — Ranua, Finland
3,710 km² — Covasna County, Romania
3,801 km² — Suffolk, England
3,864 km² — Sălaj County, Romania
3,930 km² — Kemijärvi, Finland
3,965 km² — Burgenland, Austria
4,054 km² — Dâmboviţa County, Romania
4,068 km² — Lieksa, Finland
4,299 km² — Alpes-Maritimes, France
4,388 km² — Haute-Savoie, France
4,418 km² — Satu Mare County, Romania
4,453 km² — Ialomiţa County, Romania
4,466 km² — Galaţi County, Romania
4,716 km² — Prahova County, Romania
4,732 km² — Scottish Borders, Scotland
4,766 km² — Brăila County, Romania
4,781 km² — Loire, France
4,857 km² — Vrancea County, Romania
4,917 km² — Akershus, Norway
4,933 km² — Mehedinţi County, Romania
4,986 km² — Botoşani County, Romania
4,992 km² — Balearic Islands, Spain
5,999 km² — Jura, France
6,013 km² — Northumberland, England
7,045 km² — La Rioja, Spain
5,088 km² — Călăraşi County, Romania
5,196 km² — Powys, Wales
5,224 km² — Valais, Switzerland
5,234 km² — Doubs, France
5,286 km² — Perth and Kinross, Scotland
5,300 km² — Perthshire, Scotland
5,318 km² — Vaslui County, Romania
5,321 km² — Cantabria, Spain
5,355 km² — Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania
5,360 km² — Haute-Saône, France
5,361 km² — Lot-et-Garonne, France
5,363 km² — Braşov County, Romania
5,371 km² — Utsjoki, Finland
5,412 km² — Algarve, Portugal
5,432 km² — Sibiu County, Romania
5,458 km² — Kuhmo, Finland
5,476 km² — Iaşi County, Romania
5,498 km² — Olt County, Romania
5,548 km² — Calvados, France
5,565 km² — Creuse, France
5,602 km² — Gorj County, Romania
5,655 km² — Vänern, Sweden's largest lake
5,743 km² — Nord, France
5,762 km² — Ain, France
5,765 km² — Vâlcea County, Romania
5,790 km² — Teleorman County, Romania
5,805 km² — Kuusamo, Finland
5,857 km² — Suomussalmi, Finland
5,860 km² — Oise, France
5,866 km² — Pudasjärvi, Finland
5,878 km² — Salla, Finland
5,880 km² — Eure-et-Loir, France
5,896 km² — Neamţ County, Romania
5,915 km² — Seine-et-Marne, France
5,959 km² — Canton of Bern, Switzerland
6,028 km² — Savoie, France
6,040 km² — Eure, France
6,101 km² — Herault, France
6,103 km² — Buzău County, Romania
6,103 km² — Orne, France
6,211 km² — Meuse, France
6,242 km² — Alba County, Romania
6,304 km² — Maramureş County, Romania
6,313 km² — Aberdeenshire, Scotland
6,343 km² — Loir-et-Cher, France
6,426 km² — Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
6,471 km² — Savukoski, Finland
6,530 km² — Drome, France
6,621 km² — Bacău County, Romania
6,639 km² — Harghita County, Romania
6,671 km² — Pas-de-Calais, France
6,674 km² — Cluj County, Romania
6,714 km² — Mureş County, Romania
6,720 km² — Vendee, France
6,733 km² — Finistère, France
6,768 km² — Cumbria, England
6,775 km² — Loiret, France
6,775 km² — Ille-et-Vilaine, France
6,791 km² — Indre, France
6,817 km² — Nièvre, France
6,864 km² — Argeş County, Romania
6,864 km² — Charente-Maritime, France
6,909 km² — Argyll and Bute, Scotland
7,031 km² — Sjaelland, Denmark
7,063 km² — Hunedoara County, Romania
7,071 km² — Constanţa County, Romania
7,105 km² — Grisons, Switzerland
7,154 km² — Salzburg, Austria
7,234 km² — Basque Country, Spain
7,235 km² — Cher, France
7,308 km² — Malaga, Spain
7,369 km² — Aisne, France
7,414 km² — Dolj County, Romania
7,427 km² — Yonne, France
7,431 km² — Isère, France
7,442 km² — Cádiz, Spain
7,544 km² — Bihor County, Romania
7,754 km² — Arad County, Romania
8,028 km² — Community of Madrid, Spain
8,280 km² — Alsace, France
8,412 km² — Kittilä, Finland
8,499 km² — Tulcea County, Romania
8,514 km² — Caras-Severin County, Romania
8,553 km² — Suceava County, Romania
8,592 km² — North East England
8,681 km² — Corsica, France
8,697 km² — Timiş County, Romania
8,763 km² — Côte-d'Or, France
8,769 km² — Almería, Spain
9,060 km² — Dordogne, France
9,251 km² — Cyprus (Island)
9,536 km² — Carinthia, Austria

North America

1,032 km² — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
1,100 km² — Lake Champlain, on the border of Canada and the United States
1,100 km² — Martinique
1,111.3 km² — Suffolk, Virginia, United States
1,214 km² — New York, New York, United States
1,290 km² — Los Angeles, California, United States
1,446 km² — Island of Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States
1,479 km² — Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
1,550 km² — Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
1,558 km² — Houston, Texas, United States
1,609 km² — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
1,705 km² — Guadeloupe
1,883 km² — Maui, Hawaii
2,265 km² — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
2,590 km² — Fort Irwin & the National Training Center (NTC), United States (military training area)
2,690 km² — Canadian Forces Base Suffield, Canada (military training area - see also: British Army Training Unit Suffield)
2,766 km² — Manitoulin Island, largest island in the Great Lakes
2,779 km² — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3,566 km² — Long Island, New York, United States
3,900 km² — South Nation River, Ontario, Canada
4,005 km² — Rhode Island, the smallest state of the United States
4,101 km² — Glacier National Park, Montana, United States
4,612 km² — Spokane County, Washington, United States
4,850 km² — Great Peshtigo Fire, smallest estimate
5,128 km² — Trinidad and Tobago
5,471 km² — Aguascalientes, Mexico
5,660 km² — Prince Edward Island
6,361 km² — Graham Island, Canada
6,452 km² — Delaware, United States
6,641 km² — Banff National Park, Canada
6,675 km² — Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States
6,995 km² — Cornwallis Island, Canada
7,725 km² — Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
7,941 km² — Anticosti, Quebec, Canada
8,900 km² — Yellowstone National Park
9,104 km² — Puerto Rico
9,293 km² — Kodiak Island, United States
9,418 km² — Edmonton Capital Region, Canada

South America

1,523 km² — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
3,903 km² — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
6,605 km² — Falkland Islands
8,300 km² — Lake Titicaca, largest lake in South America
8,394 km² — Chiloé Island, Chile

Oceania

1,687 km² — Sydney, Australia (urban area as of 2001)
2,358 km² — Australian Capital Territory
2,860 km² — Samoa
3,314 km² — Dunedin City, New Zealand
4,167 km² — French Polynesia
4,545 km² — Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, Australia (Australian Defence Force training area: 2,700 land/ 1,800 sea)
5,386 km² — Perth, Western Australia
8,661 km² — New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
8,700 km² — Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT Australia (ADF training area - formerly Bradshaw Station)

Other areas

3,355 km² — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
3,755 km² — Lake Van, largest lake in Turkey
5,500 km² — Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
6,500 km² — Siple Island, Antarctica
6,617 km² — Grande Terre de Kerguelen
7,215 km² — Kerguelen Islands
7,500 km² — Roosevelt Island, part of Antarctica
7,850 km² — Vrangelya, Russia
8,261 km² — Crete, Greece
8,500 km² — Carney Island, Antarctica
8,624 km² — Lake Nicaragua
8,900 km² — Kingdom of Judah
9,006 km² — Komsomolets, Russia
9,521 km² — Prince Charles Island
9,894 km² — Lake Onega, Russia

1 E9 M² Media

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.