View source for Type:Area

'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}''' takes numerical values and units for denoting surface areas.

To allow users to enter values in different units of measurement,
this page specifies several [[Help:Custom units|custom unit]] for this datatype:

* [[corresponds to::1 m², m<sup>2</sup>, sqm, square meter, square meters, square metre, square metres]]
* [[corresponds to::0.000001 km², km<sup>2</sup>, sqkm, square kilometer, square kilometers, square kilometre, square kilometres]]
* [[corresponds to::0.0001 ha, hectare, hectares]]
* [[corresponds to::0.000247105 ac, acre]]
* [[corresponds to::3.86102158542e-7 miles², sqml, sqmi, sq mi, ml², mi², mi<sup>2</sup>, square miles]]


Editors can add more units and alternative representations.  To allow users to enter units in several forms, you add alternate representations separated by commas; for example this datatype supports "squared" using <tt><nowiki><sup>2</sup></nowiki></tt> or a Unicode character.

The main unit is the first unit with 1:1 correspondence; for this datatype it is m².
In the factbox and inline queries, values display converted into this unit first
(unless a property specifies different [[Property:display units|display units]]).