: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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The disaster claimed two lives and scorched over 60,000 hectares of land.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The Apulia Regenerative Cotton Project began in 2023, with a single hectare of cotton sown among neat rows of peach trees.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
However, Pëllumb Petritaj, a close associate, was convicted in 2018 of forging land documents to usurp 187 hectares.
—Lindita Cela, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The recent floods in central Vietnam killed at least 13 people, inundated over 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, according to the government’s disaster agency, reported by Reuters.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The Apulia Regenerative Cotton Project began in 2023, with a single hectare of cotton sown among neat rows of peach trees.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
However, Pëllumb Petritaj, a close associate, was convicted in 2018 of forging land documents to usurp 187 hectares.
—Lindita Cela, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The recent floods in central Vietnam killed at least 13 people, inundated over 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, according to the government’s disaster agency, reported by Reuters.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
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