Is a square mile the same as a mile?

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noun

a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; equivalent to 2.59 square kilometers. Abbreviations: mi2, sq. mi.

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Origin of square mile

First recorded in 1620–30

Words nearby square mile

squarely, square matrix, square meal, square measure, square meter, square mile, square millimeter, square number, square off, square of opposition, square one

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How to use square mile in a sentence

  • The Rybinskoe Reservoir destroyed thousands of square miles of arable land for a relatively small amount of electricity—after upgrades, the hydropower station now produces 376 megawatts, less than a fifth of what America’s Hoover Dam puts out.

  • This year, ProPublica analyzed EPA data to find the estimated excess lifetime cancer risk for every quarter of a square mile in the country.

  • The leading theory on what triggered it involves the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which stretched millions of square miles across North America.

  • Recent research in Nature showed the plan reduced deforestation by thousands of square miles.

  • There are 565 municipalities in the state, and some that contract with police unions are as small as 1 square mile.

  • Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.

  • Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.

  • Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.

  • Each one seems a mile high, and the entire flight an insurmountable obstacle.

  • This last trip it had felt as if there were more cameras around Havana than Times Square.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.

  • Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.

  • For years his lordship was seldom seen in London, the great house in Grosvenor Square was never opened.

  • She opened the door of a square room with large roses on the white wall-paper, and fine old mahogany furniture.

Square mile, unit of area measurement acknowledged in both the imperial and the US measurement systems, is equal to a square measuring one mile on each side. A square mile which is often abbreviated as sq. mi and mi2, is equal to 2.59 square kilometres. It is worth mentioning here that the unit should not be considered to be the same as confused miles square, a unit that refers to a square region, with each side having a specified length.

Square mile is also a standard unit to calculate population numbers in a specific area. So the population numbers are often described in per square mile terms. The total population number in a square mile is calculated by dividing the total number of residents by the number of square miles of area.

The business and financial district of London is also known as the Square Mile.

1 square mile is:

640 acres

27,878,400 square feet

3,097,600 square yards

25,899,881,103.36 square centimetres

2,589,988.110336 square metres

258.9988110336 hectares

2.589988110336 square kilometres

4,014,489,600 square inches

At the level asked there is no difference. As the size goes up there is a big difference...

Two miles square would be 2x2 = four square miles.

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How many miles is 1 square mile?

The square mile (abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi2) is an imperial and US unit of measure for area. One square mile is an area equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mile.

How many miles is 5 square miles?

When you say "5 square miles" you are describing the area not the shape. A piece of land that is 1 mile wide and 5 miles long or a piece of land that is 10 miles long and half a mile wide both have an area of 5 square miles.

How many square feet are in one mile of a mile?

Exactly 27,878,400 square feet equal one square mile, since a mile is defined as 5,280 feet and a square mile is the are of a square with a side of 5,280 (5,280 · 5,280 = 27,878,400). Both units are currently defined through the meter with a foot being 0.3048 meters long.

What is meant by a square mile?

: a unit of area equal to a square one mile long on each side see Weights and Measures Table.

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