HOW TO CONVERT ARE TO HECTARE?

What is Are?

Are is a unit for measuring area within the metric system. It equals 100 square meters and works out to 0.0247 acres. A hectare will equate to 100 ares and this is the principal unit for measuring land globally. The are became the principal area measurement unit when the metric system came in 1795 in France. With the SI (International System of Units) being adopted in the year 1960, square meter replaced this unit. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures still accepts hectare as a unit of measurement. Are is used throughout India, Indonesia and several European nations for measuring area of properties.

What is Hectare?

Hectare is a metric unit for measuring area and equals a square containing 100-meter sides or roughly 10,000 square meters. It is majorly used for measuring land tracts. There are 100 hectares contained in a single square kilometer. 1 acre is roughly 0.405 hectares while a single hectare will have 2.47 acres. Hectare was replaced by square meter as the principal unit for measuring area. The hectare is acceptable for usage with the International System of Units (SI).

Relationship between Are and Hectare

The relationship of are to hectare is quite simple. 1 are is 0.01 hectare while 1 hectare works out to 100 are.

How to Convert from Are to Hectare

You can easily convert are to hectare with the help of a simple method. You have to multiply the figure in are by 0.01 to get the final figure in hectares.