Hectare

The hectare is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters. It is commonly used for measuring land area and is part of the metric system. The symbol for the unit is ha. It is not an SI base unit but is accepted for use with the SI.

The name hectare comes from the Greek hêkaton meaning hundred and the unit are, which equals 100 square meters. Therefore, a hectare is equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters.

One hectare equals 0.01 square kilometers and is approximately 2.471 acres or 107,639 square feet. It can be visualized as a square 100 meters on each side. The relationship with other units is straightforward: 1 km² comprises 100 hectares.

Hectares are widely used in land measurement for agriculture, forestry, real estate, land planning, and government statistics. They are common in many regions around the world, especially where the metric system is standard. In some contexts, especially in countries or markets that use acres, conversions between hectares and acres are provided.

See also: are, square meter, square kilometer, acre.