What is a hectare. How to calculate how many square meters in a hectare

What is weaving, ar, hectare, square kilometer? How many hectares, square meters and kilometers in one are (hundred) of land? How many square meters, kilometers and acres are in one hectare of land? How many acres, hectares and square meters in one square kilometer?

How many square meters in 1, 10, 100, 1000 acres: table

What is an acre of land? Weave of land is a unit of measurement of the size of the site, weaving is equal to one hundred square meters.

Use to measure area following units: square millimeter (mm 2), square centimeter(cm 2), square decimeter (dm 2), square meter (m 2) and square kilometer (km 2).
For example, a square meter is the area of ​​a square with a side of 1 m, and a square millimeter is the area of ​​a square with a side of 1 mm.

You can also say that in one weave of 100 square meters. meters and it will be correct if we say in hectares that one weave is one hundredth of a hectare.

  • Weaving is a unit of measurement for the size of a plot, which is often used in a summer cottage or agriculture. In science, it is customary to use an analogue of weaving - ar. Ar (weaving) - the area of ​​​​a square with a side of 10 m.
  • Based on the name of this measure, you can already guess that we are talking about hundreds of meters.
  • Indeed, one weave is equal to 100 m 2.
  • In other words, one weave will be equal to the area of ​​​​a square with sides of 10 m.
  • Accordingly, in ten acres there will be 1000 m 2.
  • 100 acres contain 10,000 m 2, and 1000 acres contain 100,000 m 2.
  • In other words, to calculate how many square meters are in a given number of acres, you need to multiply the acres by 100.

Area units

1 weave = 100 square meters = 0.01 hectare = 0.02471 acre

  • 1 cm 2 \u003d 100 mm 2 \u003d 0.01 dm 2
  • 1 dm 2 \u003d 100 cm 2 \u003d 10000 mm 2 \u003d 0.01 m 2
  • 1 m 2 \u003d 100 dm 2 \u003d 10000 cm 2
  • 1 ar (weave) \u003d 100 m 2
  • 1 ha (hectare) \u003d 10000 m 2

How many acres in 1, 10, 100 square meters: table

Area units conversion table

Area units 1 sq. km. 1 hectare 1 acre 1 weave 1 sq.m.
1 sq. km. 1 100 247.1 10.000 1.000.000
1 hectare 0.01 1 2.47 100 10.000
1 acre 0.004 0.405 1 40.47 4046.9
1 weave 0.0001 0.01 0.025 1 100
1 sq.m. 0.000001 0.0001 0.00025 0.01 1

The area measurement system adopted in Russia land plots

  • 1 weave = 10 meters x 10 meters = 100 sq.m
  • 1 hectare \u003d 1 ha \u003d 100 meters x 100 meters \u003d 10,000 square meters \u003d 100 acres
  • 1 square kilometer = 1 sq. km = 1000 meters x 1000 meters = 1 million sq. m = 100 hectares = 10,000 acres

Inverse units

  • 1 sq. m = 0.01 acres = 0.0001 ha = 0.000001 sq. km
  • 1 weave \u003d 0.01 ha \u003d 0.0001 sq. km
  • To calculate how many acres are in square meters, you need to divide the given number of square meters by 100.
  • Thus, in 1 m 2 there are 0.01 weave, in 10 m 2 - 0.1 weave, and in 100 m 2 - 1 weave.

What is a hectare of land?

Hectare- a unit of area in the metric system of measures used to measure land. Field areas are measured in hectares (ha). A hectare is the area of ​​a square with a side of 100 m. So, 1 ha is equal to 100,100 square meters, that is, 1 ha = 10,000 m 2.

Abbreviated designation: Russian ha, international ha. The name "hectares" is formed by adding the prefix "hecto..." to the name of the area unit "ar"

1 ha \u003d 100 ar \u003d 100 m x 100 m \u003d 10,000 m 2

  • A hectare is a unit for measuring the size of a plot, which is equal to the area of ​​​​a square with sides of 100 m. A hectare, like a weave, as measuring units are mainly used only in agriculture and summer cottages.
  • The designation of a hectare looks like "ha".
  • One hectare is equal to 10,000 m 2 or 100 acres.

How many square meters in 1, 10, 100, 1000 hectares: table

  • In order to calculate how many square meters in a given number of hectares, you need to multiply the number of hectares by 10,000.
  • Thus, there are 10,000 m 2 in 1 ha, 100,000 m 2 in 10 ha, 1,000,000 m 2 in 100 ha, and 1,000,000 m 2 in 1000 ha.

Thus, one hectare corresponds to 10,000 m2. It can easily fit a football field (0.714 hectares) or more than 16 summer cottages (the area of ​​​​each is 6 acres). Well, Red Square will be twice as large as one hectare, its area is 24,750 m 2.

1 square kilometer is 100 times larger than 1 hectare. Similarly, we determine: 1 ha - how many acres are in the composition. One weave covers an area of ​​100 square meters. Therefore, in comparison with a hectare, weaving is 100 times less than a hectare.

  • 1 weave\u003d 10 x 10 meters \u003d 100 m 2 \u003d 0.01 ha
  • 1 hectare (1 ha)\u003d 100 x 100 meters or 10,000 m 2 or 100 acres
  • 1 square kilometer (1 km2)\u003d 1000 x 1000 meters or 1 million m 2 or 100 hectares or 10,000 acres
  • 1 square meter (1 m 2)= 0.01 acres = 0.0001 ha

How many acres in 1, 10, 100, 1000 ha: table

Units 1 km 2 1 ha 1 acre 1 weave 1 m 2
1 km 2 1 100 247.1 10000 1000000
1 ha 0.01 1 2.47 100 10000
1 acre 0.004 0.405 1 40.47 4046.9
1 weave 0.0001 0.01 0.025 1 100
1 m 2 0.000001 0.000001 0.00025 0.01 1
  • To calculate how many acres corresponds to a given number of hectares, you need to multiply the number of hectares by 100.
  • So, in 1 hectare there are 100 acres, in 10 hectares - 1000 acres, in 100 hectares - 10,000 acres, and in 1000 hectares - 100,000 acres.

How many hectares in 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 acres, square meters: table

ha ar m 2 cm 2
1 km 2 100 ha 10 000 are 1,000,000 m2 1,000,000,000 cm2
1 ha 1 ha 100 are 10 000 m2 100,000,000 cm2
1 are 0.01 ha 1ar 100 m2 1,000,000 cm2
1 m 2 0.0001 ha 0.01 are 1 m 2 10,000 cm2
  • To calculate how many hectares are contained in a given number of acres, you need to divide the number of acres by 100.
  • And in order to carry out such calculations with square meters, it is necessary to divide their number by 10,000.
  • So, in 1 acres there are 0.01 ha, in 10 acres - 0.1 ha, in 100 acres - 1 ha, in 1000 acres - 10 hectares, in 10,000 acres - 100 hectares.
  • In turn, in 1 m 2 there are 0.0001 ha, in 10 m 2 - 0.001 ha, in 100 m 2 - 0.01 ha, in 1000 m 2 - 0.1 ha, and in 10000 m 2 - 1 ha.

How many square kilometers are in 1 hectare?

1 ha \u003d 10,000 m 2

1 km 2 \u003d 100 ha

  • The square kilometer is a unit of area land plot, equal to the area a square with sides of 1000 meters.
  • There are 100 hectares in one square kilometer.
  • Thus, to calculate the number of square kilometers in a hectare, it is necessary to divide its given number by 100.
  • So, in 1 ha there are 0.01 km 2

What is 1 are equal to?

Ar a unit of area in the metric system of measures, equal to the area of ​​​​a square with a side of 10 m

  • 1 ar \u003d 10 m x 10 m \u003d 100 m 2 .
  • 1 tithe = 1.09254 ha.
  • Arom is a unit of measure for the size of a plot, equal to the area of ​​a square with sides of 10 m.
  • In other words, ar is equal to a hundredth.
  • In 1 are there are 100 m 2, 1 weave, 0.01 ha, 0.0001 km 2.

How many ares are in one hectare?

  • There are 100 ares in one hectare, just like acres.

What is 1 acre equal to?

Acre land measure used in a number of countries using the English system of measures (Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, etc.).

1 acre \u003d 4840 sq. yards \u003d 4046.86 m 2

Old Russian units of area measurement

  • 1 sq. verst = 250,000 sq. fathoms = 1.1381 km²
  • 1 tithe = 2400 sq. fathoms = 10,925.4 m² = 1.0925 ha
  • 1 quarter = 1/2 tithe = 1200 sq. fathoms = 5462.7 m² = 0.54627 ha
  • 1 octopus \u003d 1/8 tithe \u003d 300 square sazhens \u003d 1365.675 m² ≈ 0.137 ha.
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We found out how many m² in 1 ha - 10 thousand m². In addition to the hectare, other measures of area are used in Russia: square kilometers, ares and square meters. A more familiar and common name for ares is hundredths. Each of the accepted area measures is applied in strictly defined situations.

Square kilometers- the largest unit of area measurement that is used in Russia. This is a square with a side of 1,000 m, in one km² 1,000,000 m². Square kilometers are used to determine the area of ​​cities, regions, districts , individual continents and even the planet Earth. For example, total area our planet - 510,072,000 km². There are 100 hectares in one square kilometer. Accordingly, 1 ha is only 0.01 of one square kilometer.

hectares- the second largest unit of measurement that is used in our country. Most often it is used to denote the area of ​​​​forests, agricultural land, fields for growing fodder crops and other non-residential allotments. large squares land plots can also be expressed in hectares, but this happens extremely rarely - allotments in which more than 1 ha are rather an exception to the rule.

Ares, or hundreds - the third largest unit of measurement, the most common in everyday life and known to everyone. Weaving - this is a square of land with a side of 10 m, in one weave - 100 square meters. And 100 acres form an area of ​​one hectare. Ares are used to denote the area of ​​land - for example, small plots for personal agricultural use, plots in holiday villages, small towns. In all advertisements for the sale, the area of ​​allotments is indicated in acres.

Square metersis another common measure of area. It is used mainly to designate the area of ​​country houses, private residential buildings, cottages, rooms, apartments, townhouses and other residential real estate. Area is measured in square meters commercial facilities- for example, shops, warehouses, production workshops.

How to convert square meters and acres to hectares

There are 10,000 square meters in 1 ha (hectare)land and 100 acres. To convert one measure of area to another, you need to perform simple calculations. To count How many hectare in a certain number of acres, you need to multiply the number of acres by 0.01, because one ar is 0.01 part of a hectare. To calculate how many hectares in m², you need to multiply the number of square meters by 0.0001, becauseone square meteris 0.0001 part ha.

For example: we know the areas of two different plots. You know, how much is a hectare acres and m². Oneplot- 23 acres, another plot - 350 square meters. Both areas must be converted to hectares. For this:

📌 we multiply 23 acres by 0.01 - we get 0.23, which means that there are 0.23 hectares in this area;

📌 we multiply 350 square meters by 0.0001 - we get 0.035, which means that there are 0.035 hectares in this allotment.

You know, 1 ha - how much is it in m² and how many acres are in one hectare. To make reverse calculations - to convert the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe site from hectares to hundredths and square meters, you also need to solve a simple example. There are 100 acres in one hectare, respectively, in order to convert hectares into ares, you need to multiply the area of ​​​​the allotment in hectares by 100. In one hectare 10 thousand m², so to get the area of ​​​​the allotment in m², you need to multiply its area in hectares by 10,000.

For example. We have three sites. The first area is 2 hectares, the second - 3.4 hectares, the third - 10.6 hectares. It is necessary to convert these areas into ares and square meters, for this:

📌 we multiply 2 by 100 and 10,000, we get the numbers 200 and 20,000 - in an allotment of 2 hectares, 200 acres and 20,000 square meters;

📌 we multiply 3.4 by 100 and 10,000, we get 340 and 34,000 - in an allotment of 3.4 hectares, 340 acres and 34,000 square meters;

📌 we multiply 10.6 by 100 and 10,000, we get 1060 and 106,000 - in an allotment of 10.6 hectares, there are 1060 acres and 106,000 square meters.

Let's take a simple calculation as an example:

✅ 100 acres is 1 hectare;

✅ 2 hectares is 20,000 meters squared;

✅ 50 hectares is 500,000 meters squared;

✅ 15 hectares is 150,000 square meters;

✅ 24 hectares is 240,000 meters squared.

Obviously, it is more convenient to use generally accepted units of measurement than to convert hectares into square meters or acres. It is better to indicate the area of ​​​​large plots in square kilometers, medium - in hectares, small - in hundredths, very small - in square meters. If necessary, you can easily convert one unit of measure to another using a calculator.

How to measuresquarearea and what unit of measure to use

If you need to measure the area of ​​a plot, there are three measurement methods that can be used.

👣 Walk through the lot. This method does not give accurate data, because the length of steps is different for everyone. Suitable for calculating the area of ​​a small area - for example, a certain area in a vegetable garden or orchard.

Visually mark the square or rectangle whose area you want to know. Walk along one side of it, then along the other - these sides should touch in the corner. Count the number of steps for each side and proceed with the calculations.

The average step length for an adult is 70 centimeters. Multiply the number of steps on one side of the rectangle by 70 and divide by 100 to get the length in meters. Then carry out the same calculations, but using the number of steps on the other side of the site. Multiply the resulting two values ​​\u200b\u200btogether - you will get the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe plot, expressed in square meters.

For example: you need to know the area of ​​the plot. You measured it in steps and found out that the length of one side is 56 steps, and the length of the other side is 78 steps. Calculate the length of both sides in meters:

📌 56 × 70 / 100 = 39.2 meters;

📌 78 × 70 / 100 = 54.6 meters.

We multiply the obtained values: 39.2 × 54.6. It turns out 2140 square meters - this is the area of ​​​​our site. If you translate it into acres, you get 21.4 acres, and if it is converted into hectares - 0.214 hectares.

This method is practically not used to calculate the area of ​​​​plots with complex geometry - for example, trapezoidal.

📏 Use tape measure. This method is faster and more accurate than measuring in steps. To find out the area of ​​​​a site, simply measure its sides with a tape measure. Then multiply the resulting values ​​\u200b\u200bwith each other - you get the area in square meters.

If you need to calculate the area of ​​a round plot or a plot of another complex shape, use special formulas for calculating. For example, to find the area of ​​a circular area, use the formula P=¼πd², where d is the diameter and π is approximately 3.14.

👷 Order calculation from surveyors.This method of measurement requires money - the services of surveyors cost money. But it is the most accurate and does not require you to spend time, calculations. Surveyors can calculate the area of ​​a plot of complex shape with an accuracy of up to a centimeter, and this is important, for example, for land surveying.


We often have to measure the area of ​​a plot of land and convulsively remember how much m2 fits in a hectare. The reasons for this can be very different. Whether we wanted to buy a summer house for ourselves, or whether the idea arose to seriously engage in agriculture, or perhaps it was necessary to help the child solve a school problem.

We remember the basics

The basis for measuring area is the square meter. This is a square, the length of each side of which is equal to one meter.

The next measuring unit in agriculture is weaving. 100 square meters. This is also a square, the side of which is 10 meters.


And the third unit of measure is the hectare. This is again a square, the side of which is 100 meters. How many square meters in a hectare is easy to calculate. The answer is 10,000 meters.

Where to apply?

Why do we need different units of measurement for the same thing - area? Isn't it easier to measure everything, for example, in square meters? No, it's not easier.


Square meters are used to measure residential areas (apartments, houses, rooms), as well as the area of ​​subsidiary farms: sheds, pigsties, chicken coops and others.

If it is required to measure the land plot of a subsidiary plot, such as a garden or a vegetable garden, it is most reasonable to use such a unit of measurement as a weave. The average size of a private land plot in our country is 5 acres. How much easier it is to imagine than 500 square meters.

A hectare is a unit of measurement for those who want to farm professionally.

Let's imagine a situation. You have decided to grow wheat. Doing this on a few acres is simply not profitable. It is believed that for the cultivation of each crop, there is a minimum and maximum area that needs to be processed. For example, the same wheat - from 100 hectares.

If you start growing a crop on a plot less than the minimum recommended, then you will be at a loss.

It's the same with other cultures. If you decide to purchase a plot to grow berries and vegetables after work, then your unit of measurement is acres. But if the cultivation of agricultural products has become your main job, if you are ready to purchase agricultural equipment and much more, so necessary for this, then your unit of measurement is a hectare. By the way, when buying agricultural machinery, you will again need knowledge of the measuring units of the area. Indeed, for such equipment as a tractor and a combine, fuel consumption and productivity are measured just for the cultivated area, and here again knowledge of how many meters per hectare will be useful to you.

Where do all units of measurement meet?

In fact, there are many such examples. But here we will consider one that is closest to the agricultural theme.

Imagine you bought a plot of land outside the city, say 10 hectares. And we decided to make in this territory garden partnership or cottage village. Each lot will be 5 acres. In order to calculate the number of plots, you will need meters, acres, and hectares.

Do you think it's enough to figure out: a hectare is how many acres? Where will your roads be? Will you have boundaries between sections of the boundary? Where will communications (gas, water, electricity) go?

Accordingly, it will turn out that:

  • in hectares you will calculate the entire land plot;
  • in acres, allotments that you will sell;
  • in square meters you will consider communications.

So, on the plan of your business project there will be all three units of area.

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In order to find out how many hectares are in a square meter, you need to use a simple online calculator. Enter in the left field the number of square meters you are interested in, which you want to convert. In the field on the right you will see the result of the calculation. If you need to convert square meters or hectares to other units, just click on the appropriate link.

Square meter (m², m²) is a unit of area measurement adopted in the SI, MTS and MKGSS systems. One square meter equal to area a square with a side of 1 m. There are 10,000 square centimeters in one square meter.

What is "hectare"

Hectare (ha, ha) is an off-system unit of area measurement. One hectare is equal to the area of ​​a square with sides of 100 m. This unit was adopted by the International Committee for Weights and Measures in 1879, and is currently used together with SI units. On the territory of the Russian Federation in hectares measure the area in forestry and agriculture. Along with hectares, measurements are carried out in hundredths, equal to one hundredth of a ha (100 sq. M).

The concept of "hectare" was put into practice after 1917 and replaced the tithe - 1 ha was equal to 11-12 tithes. Since the 1930s, the abbreviated version "ha" has entered everyday speech. To visualize an area of ​​one hectare, imagine a rugby field (1.008 hectares) or a football field (0.714 hectares).

Converting square meters to hectares

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The system adopted in Russia for measuring land areas

  • 1 weave = 10 meters x 10 meters = 100 sq.m
  • 1 hectare \u003d 1 ha \u003d 100 meters x 100 meters \u003d 10,000 square meters \u003d 100 acres
  • 1 square kilometer = 1 sq. km = 1000 meters x 1000 meters = 1 million sq. m = 100 hectares = 10,000 acres

Inverse units

  • 1 sq. m = 0.01 acres = 0.0001 ha = 0.000001 sq. km
  • 1 weave \u003d 0.01 ha \u003d 0.0001 sq. km

Area units conversion table

Area units 1 sq. km. 1 hectare 1 acre 1 weave 1 sq.m.
1 sq. km. 1 100 247.1 10.000 1.000.000
1 hectare 0.01 1 2.47 100 10.000
1 acre 0.004 0.405 1 40.47 4046.9
1 weave 0.0001 0.01 0.025 1 100
1 sq.m. 0.000001 0.0001 0.00025 0.01 1

a unit of area in the metric system of measures used to measure land.

Abbreviated designation: Russian ha, international ha.

1 hectare is equal to the area of ​​a square with a side of 100 m.

The name "hectares" is formed by adding the prefix "hecto ..." to the name of the area unit "ar":

1 ha \u003d 100 ar \u003d 100 m x 100 m \u003d 10,000 m 2

a unit of area in the metric system of measures, equal to the area of ​​​​a square with a side of 10 m, that is:

  1. 1 ar \u003d 10 m x 10 m \u003d 100 m 2 .
  2. 1 tithe = 1.09254 ha.

land measure used in a number of countries using the English system of measures (Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, etc.).

1 acre = 4840 square yards = 4046.86 m 2

The most commonly used land measure in practice is hectare - the abbreviation ha:

1 ha = 100 are = 10,000 m 2

In Russia, a hectare is the main unit for measuring land area, especially agricultural land.

On the territory of Russia, the unit "hectare" was put into practice after October revolution, instead of a tithe.

Old Russian units of area measurement

  • 1 sq. verst = 250,000 sq. fathoms = 1.1381 km²
  • 1 tithe = 2400 sq. fathoms = 10,925.4 m² = 1.0925 ha
  • 1 quarter = 1/2 tithe = 1200 sq. fathoms = 5462.7 m² = 0.54627 ha
  • 1 octopus \u003d 1/8 tithe \u003d 300 square sazhens \u003d 1365.675 m² ≈ 0.137 ha.

The area of ​​land plots for individual housing construction, private household plots is usually indicated in acres

One hundred- this is the area of ​​\u200b\u200ba plot measuring 10 x 10 meters, which is 100 square meters, and therefore is called a weave.

Here are some typical examples of the sizes that a land plot of 15 acres can have:

In the future, if you suddenly forget how to find the area of ​​a rectangular plot of land, then remember a very old joke when a grandfather asks a fifth grader how to find Lenin Square, and he answers: “You need to multiply the width of Lenin by the length of Lenin")))

It is useful to know this

  • For those who are interested in the possibility of increasing the area of ​​land plots for individual housing construction, private household plots, gardening, horticulture, which are owned, it is useful to familiarize yourself with the procedure for registration of cuts.
  • From January 1, 2018, the exact boundaries of the site must be recorded in the cadastral passport, since it will simply be impossible to buy, sell, mortgage or donate land without an accurate description of the boundaries. This is regulated by amendments to the Land Code. A total revision of the borders at the initiative of the municipalities began on June 1, 2015.
  • On March 1, 2015, a new the federal law“On Amendments to the Land Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (N 171-FZ “dated June 23, 2014), in accordance with which, in particular, the procedure for purchasing land plots from municipalities was simplified&You can read the main provisions of the law here.
  • With regard to the registration of houses, baths, garages and other buildings on land owned by citizens, the situation will improve with a new dacha amnesty.

How many square meters in a hectare?

How many acres in 1 hectare

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Despite the fact that we often encounter the concepts of “hundred”, “hectare”, “square meter” in various sources, many people have difficulty when it comes to converting one of the measures of area measurement to another. In fact, there is nothing complicated in this process.

Units of land area measurement

All three concepts denote a measure of area.

It is very easy to remember how many acres are in 1 hectare and how many square meters. The title itself already contains a clue.

Just remember the ratios:

1 ha = 100 acres,

1 weave = 100 square meters (m2),

1 ha = 10,000 square meters.

As you can see, everything is very simple, it is enough to know this simple formula and be able to apply it.

For example, there is a plot of 20 hectares. In order to find out how many acres are in it, we multiply 20 ( total hectares) per 100. We get the following equation:

That is, twenty hectares contain 20 acres.

In the same way, weaving can be converted to hectares. Let's say we know that this area has 300 acres, and we need to measure it in hectares. Again, we recall how many acres are in 1 hectare, and we get:

That is, our plot of three hundred acres contains only three hectares.

In a similar way, you should act if you need to convert square meters to hundredths or hectares and vice versa.

Let's take our plot of 20 hectares. We know that one hectare contains 10 thousand square meters. Therefore, the conversion to square meters will look like this:

20x10000 = 200000, that is, in 20 thousand hectares - two hundred thousand square meters.

Now let's calculate how many square meters are in 10 acres. As we remember, 1 weave is one hundred square meters, therefore, we get the following calculation:

10x100=1000 sq.m.

Despite the fact that all of these quantities are a measure of the area, they are used in different cases.

In square meters, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bhousing is most often measured, as well as small plots, the size of which is less than 10 meters in length and 10 in width.

In this way, small building plots or country plots can be measured. The size of the land area, which is usually measured in acres, does not exceed 100 meters in length and a hundred in width. Larger plots (one measurement over 100 meters) are already measured in hectares. And if one of the dimensions of the site is more than a thousand meters, then it can already be measured in square kilometers. So it's not so difficult to calculate it all on your own, knowing a simple formula.

Quick answer: There are 10,000 square meters in one hectare.

A hectare (ha) is a metric unit of area (it common name international decimal system of units, which is based on the use of kilogram and meter), equal to the area of ​​a square with a side of 100 meters. In total we have: 1 ha = 10,000 m2 = 100 ar = 100 acres.

How much per hectare

In our country, a hectare is considered the main unit for measuring land area, in particular, agricultural. We also often use another unit of area - weaving, which is equivalent to one hundredth of a hectare. Interestingly, until 1917, another value was used on the territory of our country, called a tithe: it is believed that it arose before the 15th century and was equal to 2400 square sazhens. It was a rectangle with sides of 60 by 40 fathoms or 80 by 30. As for the hectare, this unit began to be used immediately after the October Revolution and the ratio 1 ha = 11/12 tithes was used for translation. The abbreviation "ha" began to be used around the 30s.

By the way, why do we need this unit? Let's say you want to buy a plot for the construction of a summer house or a capital house. The ads usually indicate hundreds, but often hectares. It is clear that 1 ha is great amount land on which you can safely build several tens or even hundreds of houses. True, the cost of 1 hectare of land is certainly an absolutely exorbitant amount. In addition, hectares are usually sold not for development, but for planting crops.