Miles to Hectometer Conversion (mi to hm)

How Many Hectometer in a Mile?

There are 16.09344 hectometer in a mile.
1 Mile is equal to 16.09344 Hectometer.
1 mi = 16.09344 hm

Miles to Hectometer Conversions

Miles Definition

One of the oldest known units of distance and length used in the US and the Imperial systems, a mile is equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet. In contrast to inches or yards, miles can be considered the most internationally recognized and used unit of distance. There is a so called international mile, which is nevertheless about 0.0002% shorter than the common for the United States US survey mile.

Hectometer Definition

A hectometer is one of the least commonly used in modern metric system unit of length or distance. One hectometer is equal to 100 meters or 1/10^th of kilometer. Hectometer can be considered a practical unit for measuring small distances or the dimensions of relatively large objects like very large premises, large water reservoirs, small pool length, etc. Along with linear measurement, hectometer is sometimes used as a unit of volumetric measurement.

About mi to hm Converter

This is a very easy to use miles to hectometer converter. First of all just type the miles (mi) value in the text field of the conversion form to start converting mi to hm, then select the decimals value and finally hit convert button if auto calculation didn't work. Hectometer 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 miles to hectometer conversion.

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