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square mile | 1 sq mi | 2 sq mi | 3 sq mi | 4 sq mi | 5 sq mi | 6 sq mi | 7 sq mi | 8 sq mi | 9 sq mi | 10 sq mi | 11 sq mi | 12 sq mi | 13 sq mi | 14 sq mi | 15 sq mi | 16 sq mi | 17 sq mi | 18 sq mi | 19 sq mi | 20 sq mi | 21 sq mi | 22 sq mi | 23 sq mi | 24 sq mi | 25 sq mi | 26 sq mi | 27 sq mi | 28 sq mi | 29 sq mi | 30 sq mi | 31 sq mi | 32 sq mi | 33 sq mi | 34 sq mi | 35 sq mi | 36 sq mi | 37 sq mi | 38 sq mi | 39 sq mi | 40 sq mi | 41 sq mi | 42 sq mi | 43 sq mi | 44 sq mi | 45 sq mi | 46 sq mi | 47 sq mi | 48 sq mi | 49 sq mi | 50 sq mi | 51 sq mi | 52 sq mi | 53 sq mi | 54 sq mi | 55 sq mi | 56 sq mi | 57 sq mi | 58 sq mi | 59 sq mi | 60 sq mi | 61 sq mi | 62 sq mi | 63 sq mi | 64 sq mi | 65 sq mi | 66 sq mi | 67 sq mi | 68 sq mi | 69 sq mi | 70 sq mi | 71 sq mi | 72 sq mi | 73 sq mi | 74 sq mi | 75 sq mi | 76 sq mi | 77 sq mi | 78 sq mi | 79 sq mi | 80 sq mi | 81 sq mi | 82 sq mi | 83 sq mi | 84 sq mi | 85 sq mi | 86 sq mi | 87 sq mi | 88 sq mi | 89 sq mi | 90 sq mi | 91 sq mi | 92 sq mi | 93 sq mi | 94 sq mi | 95 sq mi | 96 sq mi | 97 sq mi | 98 sq mi | 99 sq mi | 100 sq mi |
a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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section | ≡ 1 mi × 1 mi | = 2.589988110336×106 m2 | Imperial/US |
sections | square miles | sections | square miles |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1 | 6 | = 6 |
2 | = 2 | 7 | = 7 |
3 | = 3 | 8 | = 8 |
4 | = 4 | 9 | = 9 |
5 | = 5 | 10 | = 10 |
The square mile (abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi²) is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square with a side length of one statute mile.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
---|---|---|---|---|
square mile | sq mi | ≡ 1 mi × 1 mi | ≡ 2.589988110336×106 m2 | Imperial/US |
square miles | sections | square miles | sections |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1 | 6 | = 6 |
2 | = 2 | 7 | = 7 |
3 | = 3 | 8 | = 8 |
4 | = 4 | 9 | = 9 |
5 | = 5 | 10 | = 10 |
sections | square miles |
---|---|
1 | = 1 |
1 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |