A square mile is an area, the simplest shape is a square with all sides 1 mile, but it can be any shape. The mile is the same in other countries such as the UK. A US mile is 1760 yards long, so a US square mile equals 3,097,600 square yards. A US mile converts to metric as 1,609.34 meters, so a US square mile equals 2,589,975 square meters, or approximately 2.6 square kilometers.
Prior to the 13th century, a mile (Roman mile) was considered to be a thousand average-sized(3') double paces, or 6000 feet.
3,537,441 square miles.
The 50 states of the US measure a total of 3,794,066 square miles, or 9,826,630 km²
United States - 3,794,101 square miles.
United States - 3,794,101 square miles.
United States - 3,794,101 square miles.
The US' total area is about 3.806 million square miles.
3,537,441 square miles.
137,847 square miles
317.9 million square miles
3,794,101 square miles.
USA - 3,717,811.29 square miles.
USA - 3,717,811.29 square miles.
The US is bigger. Mongolia is about 603,909 square miles. The US is about 3,531,905 square miles.
USA - 3,717,811.29 square miles.
664,709 square miles.
USA - 3,717,811.29 square miles.
The United States' area is 3,796,700 square miles. Africa's area is 11,670,000 square miles.