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Are Conversions Table
Equivalent of 17 Are: |
1700 m2 (Square meter) |
17000000 cm2 (Square centimeter) |
170000 dm2 (Square decimeter) |
1700000000 mm2 (Square milimeter) |
0.0017 km2 (Square Kilometer) |
0.17 Hectare |
1.7 Decare |
1700 Centiare |
0.4972585 Arpent |
1700000 Barn |
18298.63 Square feet |
0.4200785 Acre |
67.21273 Square perche |
0.00065637 Square mil |
2033.183 Square yard |
2635007.8669136 Square inch |
1.8241E-5 Canton |
0.0026248 Homestead |
1.68028 Rood |
Are / Centiare Units Definition
Are
Are, unit of area in the metric system, equal to 100 square meters and the equivalent of 0.0247 acre. Its multiple, the hectare (equal to 100 ares), is the primary unit of land measurement for most of the world. The are was the basic unit of area when the metric system was first decreed in France in 1795. When the International System of Units (SI) was adopted in 1960, the square meter replaced the are as the unit of area, but the International Bureau of Weights and Measures accepted the hectare as the common unit that can be used with the SI.
Centiare
The centiare is a unit of area used in the metric system, synonymous with square meter (m2). The abbreviation for centiare is ca. The abbreviation for centiare is ca. The centiare measurement is used almost exclusively for land measurements and is mainly used in countries where Dutch, French, German, Polish or Portuguese are spoken.