University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a in . The of the system, it is considered a , or a public institution which offers an academic experience similar to ...
. Retrieved February 22, 2012. is an imperial
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Places
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* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
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and US unit of measure for area. One square mile is an area
Area is the quantity
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equal to the area of a square
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with sides of length one mile
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Equivalents
One square mile is equal to: *4,014,489,600 square inches * * * * One square mile is also equivalent to: * * *Similarly-named units
Miles square
Square miles should not be confused with miles square, a square region with each side having a length of the value given. For example, a region which is 20 miles square ( × ) has an area of ; a rectangle of measuring × also has an area of , but is not 20 miles square.Section
In the United StatesPublic Land Survey System
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, "square mile" is an informal synonym for section
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References
Formula Conversion, Square miles to numerous area units with algebraic steps and unit cancellation shown
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