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Hectare

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hectare (hĕk`târ, –tär), abbr. ha, unit of area in the metric system metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world.
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, equal to 10,000 sq m, or about 2.47 acres.
hectare
one hundred ares. 1 hectare is equivalent to 10 000 square metres or 2.471 acres.

hectare [′hek‚tar]
(mechanics)
A unit of area in the metric system equal to 100 ares or 10,000 square meters. Abbreviated ha.

hectare
A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters; approximately 2 ½acres.

Hectare 

a metric unit of area used for measuring plots of land. Its abbreviated form in Russian is ga; internationally, ha. The area of 1 ha is equal to the area of a square with a side of 100 m. The designation “hectare” comes from are, a unit of area, to which the prefix hecto- is added. As defined, 1 ha = 100 are = 10,000 sq m; 1 desiatina = 1.09254 ha.



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45 million hectares out of the total geographical area of 328 million hectares, according to a national level spatial inventory prepared by the Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with several national institutions.
In an interview with the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN), sister publication of Taiwan Economic News (TEN), Mao points out that major beneficiary of the decision will be the special area surrounding the Taoyuan Chingpu station of the high-speed rail, spanning 490 hectares in space, 3.
According to the official data, the average yield is 9-10 tons per hectare.
 
 
 
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