Square Kilometer to Square Yard Conversion (km² to yd²)

How Many Square Yard in a Square Kilometer?

There are 1195990.046 square yard in a square kilometer.
1 Square Kilometer is equal to 1195990.046 Square Yard.
1 km² = 1195990.046 yd²

Square Kilometer to Square Yard 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 Yard Definition

A square yard is an non-metric and a little old-fashioned unit of area used by those English-speaking countries which recognize and utilize the Imperial system. One square yard is an area equal to the one of a square with one yard on each side. Since this area unit is very close to one meter square (one yard is equal to 0.9144 meters, 3 feet or 36 inches), in modern times the use of square yards has been decreasing, and instead square meters are widely used for measuring relatively small areas.

About km² to yd² Converter

This is a very easy to use square kilometer to square yard converter. First of all just type the square kilometer (km²) value in the text field of the conversion form to start converting km² to yd², then select the decimals value and finally hit convert button if auto calculation didn't work. Square Yard 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 yard conversion.

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