Convert Sections to Square Kilometers (km²)

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Conversion:

1 Sections = 2.5899881103 Square Kilometers (km²)

How to Convert Sections to Square Kilometers (km²)

1 section = 2.5899881103 km2

1 km2 = 0.38610215854 section

Example: convert 15 Sections to Square Kilometers (km²):

25 section = 64.749702758 km2

Sections to Square Kilometers (km²) Conversion Table

SectionsSquare Kilometers (km²)
0.01 section0.025899881103 km2
0.1 section0.25899881103 km2
1 section2.5899881103 km2
2 section5.1799762207 km2
3 section7.769964331 km2
5 section12.949940552 km2
10 section25.899881103 km2
20 section51.799762207 km2
50 section129.49940552 km2
100 section258.99881103 km2
1000 section2589.9881103 km2

Sections

Definition

A section is a unit of area used in the US Public Land Survey System, equal to 1 square mile (640 acres or approximately 2.59 km²).

History

The section was established by the US Land Ordinance of 1785 to systematically survey and distribute public lands. The grid system divided territories into townships of 36 sections each.

Current use

Sections are still used in the United States for land descriptions, especially in rural and agricultural areas. Legal descriptions of property in the western and midwestern US frequently reference sections.

Square Kilometers (km²)

Definition

A square kilometer (km²) is a metric unit of area equal to 1,000,000 square meters or 100 hectares. It represents the area of a square with sides of 1 kilometer.

History

The square kilometer naturally followed the adoption of the metric system and the kilometer as a standard unit of distance. It became the standard large-scale area unit for geography, demographics, and national statistics.

Current use

Square kilometers are used worldwide to express the area of cities, regions, countries, lakes, and large geographic features. It is the standard unit in national census data and geopolitical comparisons.