: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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The nearly 10-hectare property, complete with mansions and an Olympic-sized swimming pool for the bosses, was raided by the government’s anti-organized crime agency last year.
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Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
According to project planners, this reduction offers an environmental benefit equivalent to planting more than 110,000 hectares of forest.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
The disaster claimed two lives and scorched over 60,000 hectares of land.
—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
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Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
According to project planners, this reduction offers an environmental benefit equivalent to planting more than 110,000 hectares of forest.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
The disaster claimed two lives and scorched over 60,000 hectares of land.
—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
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 6 Dec. 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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