hectare

n. (Abbr. ha)

A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres).

Metric area measurement equal to about 2.471 Acres or 107,637 square feet.

A metric land measurement equal to about 2.471 Acres or about 107,637 square feet.
Example: Abel sold 6 hectares of land in Puerto Rico for $20,000.

[Etymology: hect- + are] area. Symbol now ha; until 1960 Ha. (Metric) 100 a = 10 000 m² (13 080.~ yd², 2.471 1~ ac).

Though a multiple of the more basic are, the hectare is, at least in North America and for land generally, the standard metric areal unit (lesser areas being expressed in square metres). However, as with the base unit kilogram, the hectare itself is not subject to standard prefixing; a tenth of a hectare is a decare (a ‘ten’ are), not a decihectare. In practice no such other prefixing of the are is commonly used, leaving only are and hectare as areal units (other than m², etc., at the lesser end and km² at the greater). The 1978 decision of the CIPM considering it acceptable to continue to use the hectare with the SI still stands; most official English-speaking national publications regard the hectare as the SI unit of area.

A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters; approximately 2 ½acres.

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[HEHK-tahr] Abbreviated as ha, a hectare is a unit of surface or land equivalent to 10,000 square meters or 2.471 acres. In countries using the metric system-such as Europe and South America-vineyard area is expressed in hectares. A European vineyard with 50 hectares is equivalent to a U.S. Vineyard with just over 123 acres; a 250-acre U.S. Vineyard is tantamount to about a 101-hectare European vineyard.

To convert from hectares to:

acres, multiply by 2.471.
sq. feet, multiply by 107600.

Convert:  Into:  acres sq. feet

Result:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hektar

Nederlands (Dutch)
hectare

Français (French)
n. - hectare

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hektar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκτάριο

Italiano (Italian)
ettaro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hectare (m) (unidade de medida)

Русский (Russian)
гектар

Español (Spanish)
n. - hectárea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hektar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
公顷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 公頃

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 헥타르

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヘクタール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الهكتار عشرة آلاف متر مربع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הקטר (עשרה דונמים)‬

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