Area units calculator & converter tool
M2 Conversions Table
Equivalent of 12 m2 (Square meter): |
120000 cm2 (Square centimeter) |
1200 dm2 (Square decimeter) |
12000000 mm2 (Square milimeter) |
1.2E-5 km2 (Square Kilometer) |
0.0012 Hectare |
0.12 Are |
0.012 Decare |
12 Centiare |
0.00351006 Arpent |
12000 Barn |
129.1668 Square feet |
0.00296526 Acre |
0.4744428 Square perche |
4.6332E-6 Square mil |
14.35188 Square yard |
18600.055531155 Square inch |
1.2876E-7 Canton |
1.8528E-5 Homestead |
0.0118608 Rood |
M2 / Hectare Units Definition
m2 (Square meter)
The square meter, also called meter squared, is the unit of area of the International Standardized System (SI). The symbol for square meter is m2. Less formally, the square meter is sometimes abbreviated to m2.1 square meter is equal to the area of a square whose sides measure 1 meter.
Hectare
hectare, unit of area in the metric system equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters, and the equivalent of 2.471 acres in the British imperial system and the customary measurement of the United States. The term is derived from the Latin area and hect, an irregular contraction of the Greek word percent. Although the are is the primary metric unit of land measurement, the hectare is more commonly used in practice. The hectare is, by definition, equal to one djerib in Turkey, one jerib in Iran, one gong qing in mainland China, one manzana in Argentina and one bunder in the Netherlands.