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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.


Square Kilometer [kmยฒ]


A square kilometer (kmยฒ) is a unit of area equal to a square that is 1 kilometer on each side. It is commonly used to measure large areas such as cities, countries, or large land plots.

1 kmยฒ = 1,000,000 mยฒ.




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