square kilometre

Also known as square kilometer, km², km2, sqkm, sq km, km^2, square kilometers, square kilometres

decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area

AI overview

A square kilometre is a metric unit of area equal to a surface measuring one kilometre on each side, making it part of the standard international system of measurements used worldwide. It's commonly used to describe the size of geographic areas like cities, regions, and countries, providing a consistent way for people across different nations to understand and compare land sizes.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: SI derived unit
Image: 1 km2.svg

Show 8 more facts

conversion to standard unit: 247.1054
unit symbol: км²
P8168: Snake River
Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q712226 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
Commons category: Square kilometre
conversion to SI unit: 1000000
Unicode character: ㎢
measured physical quantity: area

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Encyclopedic overview

The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area. In the SI unit of area (m), 1 km is equal to 1M(m).

1 km is equal to:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “square kilometre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (3)

On the map

4 mapped locations

Available in 132 languages

Show 113 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0