Hectare
A hectare is a unit of measurement of area. It is equal to 10,000 square metres, or a square with sides of 100 by 100 metres. 100 hectares is 1 square kilometre. Therefore, a farm with 200 hectares of fields has 2 square kilometres of fields.
The word hectare means 100 ares. Hecto is the metric prefix of 100. The are is a metric unit of area, equal to 100 square metres.
Hectare Media
Image comparing the hectare (the small blue area at lower left) to other units. The entire yellow square is one square mile.
St. Enda's GAA ground, in Omagh. The playing field used in Gaelic football and hurling is a little over a hectare in size.
Definition of a hectare and of an are
A square acre shown inside a square hectare for size comparison.
An acre inside a hectare inside a sq km inside a square mi.
