Convert one South African morgen to hectares

Explanation

To convert one South African morgen to hectares all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

We find that one South African morgen is approximately equal to 0.8565 hectares.

Formula

1 Mg ≈ 0.8565 ha

South African morgensMg

dimension	area
symbol	Mg

The South African morgen (Mg) is a unit of area.

The morgen was the official unit of measure of land in three provinces of the Union of South Africa, the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

Definition of the South African morgen

One South African morgen is equal to 0.856532 hectares.

Instructions for the conversion of areas to metric

Value in terms of the SI

One morgen is equivalent to 8565.32 square meters.

Equivalences

One South African morgen is also equivalent to:

hectaresha

dimension	area
symbol	ha

The hectare (ha) is a metric unit of area accepted for use with the SI.

It is widely used throughout the world to measure large areas of land.

Definition of the hectare

One hectare is equal to 10000 square meters.

The International System of Units 9^th edition p. 145

Equivalences

One hectare is equivalent to:

Some Facts

The Amazon rainforest covers 550 million hectares, at least for now. Everywhere in the Amazonian basin the forest is cleared to make space for agriculture and cattle pasture.

It's not a fatality though, deforestation can be prevented by adopting a few good habits.

Prefix

hecto

10²

The prefix hecto- comes from the Greek hekatón meaning a hundred. The associated multiplicative factor is 100 or 10².

Other Units Based on the Are

centiare	ca	0.01
deciare	da	0.1
are	a	1
decare	daa	10
hectare	ha	100