Square Kilometer to Square Meter Conversion (km² to m²)

How Many Square Meter in a Square Kilometer?

There are 1000000 square meter in a square kilometer.
1 Square Kilometer is equal to 1000000 Square Meter.
1 km² = 1000000 m²

Square Kilometer to Square Meter Conversions

Square Kilometer Definition

A square kilometer is a unit of surface area allowing measuring quite large areas. It is one of the base SI units used widely in all countries of the world to measure large territories like the ones of a country, a region, and so on. In order to understand what one square kilometer is one can imagine the area of the Jerusalem Old City or the area of Rio de Los Angeles State Park in California. This unit is equal to 100 hectares and has an internationally accepted symbol of km².

Square Meter Definition

One of the base units of area, a square meter shows the area which is equal to a square with sides of 1 meter each. This is the unit widely used by all countries of the world regardless of the traditional measurement system they utilize. Square meter can be abbreviated to m² or sometimes to sq m. One square meter is equal to 1550 square inches or 10.763 911 square feet.

About km² to m² Converter

This is a very easy to use square kilometer to square meter converter. First of all just type the square kilometer (km²) value in the text field of the conversion form to start converting km² to m², then select the decimals value and finally hit convert button if auto calculation didn't work. Square Meter value will be converted automatically as you type.

The decimals value is the number of digits to be calculated or rounded of the result of square kilometer to square meter conversion.

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