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Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...
is a quantity of a two-dimensional surface. It may also refer to a
region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...
. Areas or Areas may also refer to:


Art, entertainment, and media

* Area (band), an Italian 70s progressive rock and jazz fusion band * ''Area'' (EP), a 2005 EP by the Futureheads * ''Area'' (journal), a journal published by the Royal Geographical Society * Area (Sirius XM), a music channel *Area, a common synonym for one of the parts of the shared virtual environment, called a
zone (video games) In a MUD or MMO, zone and area are terms used to refer to one of the parts of the shared virtual environment. They should not be confused with levels (where a player proceeds through a series of stages in a linear or semi-linear manner). Areas ...
*"Area", B-side of the 1991 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark single " Then You Turn Away"


Fauna

* ''Area'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae * ''Areas'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae


Geography

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of ...
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Census Metropolitan Area The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of stat ...
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Combined statistical area Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
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Insular area In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. This includes fourteen U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three so ...
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Lieutenancy area Lieutenancy areas are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a lord-lieutenant – a representative of the British monarch. In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to, but are not necessarily coterminate with, the coun ...
* Local government area * Metropolitan area * National recreation area * Planning Areas of Singapore *
United States metropolitan area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...
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United States urban area This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2010 census populations. An ''urbanized area'' (UA) is an urban area with population of 50,000 or more; an ''urban cluste ...
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Urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...
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Urban areas of New Zealand Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis). The urban areas comprise cities, towns and other conurbations (an aggregation of urban settlements) of a thousand peo ...


Organisations

* Area (LDS Church), a geographical division within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Area (nightclub), a nightclub that existed in New York City from 1983 to 1987 *AREA, American Railway Engineering Association


Other uses

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Area (architecture) In architecture, an area (areaway in North America) is an excavated, subterranean space around the walls of a building, designed to admit light into a basement. Also called a lightwell, it often provides access to the house and a store-room/serv ...
, an excavated space around the walls of a building * Area (graph drawing), in graph drawing, a way of measuring its quality *'Area, a village on the island of
Rapa Iti Rapa, also called Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo. The ...
, French Polynesia *, an HTML element, see HTML element#area *
Hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100- metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is ...
, a measure of area equal to 100 ares


See also

* Areal (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation