Neliökilometrin

Neliökilometri is the Finnish word for square kilometer. It is a unit of area in the metric system. One square kilometer is equal to the area of a square with sides that are one kilometer long. This means it is equivalent to one million square meters.

The square kilometer is a standard unit used for measuring land area, geographical regions, and other large-scale surfaces. It is commonly employed in contexts such as population density calculations, city or country size comparisons, and mapping. For instance, the area of a country like Finland is measured in square kilometers. Its abbreviation is km².

To visualize a square kilometer, imagine a square plot of land that is 1000 meters (or 0.621 miles) wide and 1000 meters long. The total area enclosed by these dimensions is one square kilometer. This unit provides a convenient way to express the size of significant geographical features or administrative divisions.