Acre to Square Kilometer Converter

The Acre to Square Kilometer Converter is a user-friendly online tool, to convert Square Acre to Square Kilometer quickly.

Acre to Square Kilometer

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Square Kilometer to Acre Converter

The Acre to Square Kilometer Converter is a handy tool designed to simplify the conversion between two commonly used units of area measurement: the square kilometer and the acre. This though is particularly valuable to people in agriculture, real estate, urban planning, and land management for their static areas measuring.

About Acred and Square Kilometer

Acre
A unit of area measurement used mostly in the United States, United Kingdom, and a handful of other countries.
Size: 4,046.86 square meters or 0.4047 hectares are equal to one acre.
Usage: Most commonly it is used for measuring agricultural land, forests, and plots.
Historical Context: Acre is of medieval origin and originated in the meaning of the amount of land plowable in a day by a yoke of oxen.

Square Kilometer
The unit of metric area measurement is square kilometer (km²).
Size: 1 square kilometer = 1,000,000 square meters or 247.105 acres.
Usage: It is used to describe larger areas like cities, forests, and national parks in mapping, urban planning, and other geographical studies.
Global Adoption: The square kilometer is a worldwide recognized and commonly used unit that is a part of the International System of Units (SI).

Difference Between Acre and Square Kilometer

Acre to Square Kilometer Converter

Aspect	Acre	Square Kilometer
Size	4,046.86 square meters	1,000,000 square meters
Scope	Suitable for small-to-medium land areas	Ideal for measuring large areas like regions or cities
Usage	Predominantly used in agriculture and land plotting	Widely used in scientific, urban, and geographical contexts
Measurement System	Imperial/US customary units	Metric system

100 Acre to Square Kilometer conversion formula and example

The conversion factor: of 1 acre is approximately equal to square acres / 247.105 square kilometers.

formula -

$Square Kilometers = \frac{Square Acres}{247.105}$

Let's Convert 100 acres to square kilometers.

$Square Kilometers = \frac{100}{247.105}$

$Square Kilometers \approx 0.4047 {km}^{2}$

So, 100 acres is approximately equal to 0.4047 square kilometers.

Fun Facts

Australia’s farm is the world’s largest, occupying 23,677 square kilometers, or 5.85 million acres.
About 843 acres (3.41 square kilometers), Central Park in New York City.

A Table for Acre to Square Kilometer conversion

Acre to Square Kilometer Conversion

Acres	Square Kilometers
1	0.004047 km²
2	0.008094 km²
3	0.012141 km²
4	0.016188 km²
5	0.020235 km²
6	0.024282 km²
7	0.028329 km²
8	0.032376 km²
9	0.036423 km²
10	0.04047 km²
20	0.08094 km²
30	0.12141 km²
40	0.16188 km²
50	0.20235 km²
60	0.24282 km²
70	0.28329 km²
80	0.32376 km²
90	0.36423 km²
100	0.4047 km²

References:

1 . National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (2022). "NIST Guide to SI Units - Appendix B8: Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically."

2 . United States Geological Survey (USGS). (2022). "Unit Conversions."