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Section


A section is a land measurement unit used in the United States Public Land Survey System (PLSS). It refers to a square area that is 1 mile on each side, covering:



  • 1 square mile



  • 640 acres



  • Approximately 2.59 square kilometers



Sections are the basic units within a township (which contains 36 sections) and are commonly used for legal land descriptions and property boundaries.


Hectare [ha]


A hectare (ha) is a unit of area commonly used in land measurement. It equals 10,000 square meters or a square that is 100 meters on each side.

1 hectare = 10,000 mยฒ = 0.01 square kilometers.

Hectares are often used to measure fields, farms, and large plots of land.




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