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1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers 1 square mile = 2.589988 square kilometer 500,000 square miles = 1,294,994 square kilometers (rounded)
"Long" is a concept of length, while "square" is a concept of area. The question does not make sense. If you are asking how "big" is a square mile, then it is an area equal to a square that is one mile on each side. It is also 640 acres.
3 feet equals 1 yard 220 yards equals 1 furlong 8 furlongs equals 1 mile so 3 x 220 x 8 = 5,280 feet in a mile so 5,280 x 5,280 = 27,878,400 square feet in a square mile.
A square mile is an area measurement, not a specific shape. They could be just about anything, as long as they multiply together to make one square mile. 1 mile by 1 mile is a square mile. Two miles by half a mile is a square mile. 1 foot by 5280 miles is a square mile. This means that 8 square miles can be 2 miles by 4 miles or 1 mile by 8 miles.
There are 640 acres in 1 square mile. So (1/2 mile)*(1/4 mile) = 1/8 square mile, or:(1/8 square mile)*(640 acre/square mile) = 80 acres