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17 unusual facts about Hectare


Azuqueca de Henares

The biggest one is the Quebradilla's park, with 7 ha where the village festivals are celebrated.

Copșa Mică works

In 1961, some 100 ha of trees, those in direct proximity to the sources of pollution, were afflicted.

East Finchley

4.5 ha in size, and contains both woodland and grassland.

Hectare

The metric system of measure was first given a legal basis in 1795 by the French Revolutionary government.

The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French people to the American people dedicated on 28 October 1886 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the French and American Revolutions, is located on Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor.

It is commonly used to measure real estate, in particular in Indonesia and in French-, Portuguese-, Slovakian-, Czech-, Polish-, Dutch-, and German-speaking countries as also in India .

Kelheim

There is an inner defensive line enclosing 60 ha near the confluence, then a long outer rampart enclosing an enormous area of 630 ha.

Kościuszko Park

Its foundation dates back to 1888 when a municipal park was founded on the 6 ha area of suburban grove.

Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex

The building, which is sited on 12 ha of land, is surrounded by landscaping with rest areas and a mini park for the public.

Ostrężnik

The settlement consists of only several houses, nevertheless, it is known for the ruins of the Ostrężnik Castle (right) built in early 14th century, as well as the nature reserve (left) called Rezerwat przyrody Ostrężnik established in 1960 with the total area of 4.1 ha.

Piwniczna-Zdrój

The total area of Piwniczna-Zdrój county is 3,830 ha (30.2% of which lies within the commune), while the rural area is 8,816 ha (69.8% of the commune).

Plum Island Range Lights

The uninhabited island has a land area of 1.179 km² or 117.87 ha (0.455 sq mi, or 291.25 acres).

Sotka

An are (a metric unit of area, one hundredth of a hectare)

Tipperne

The reserve, which falls under the control of Denmark's Environmental Ministry and is managed by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish: Skov- og Naturstyrelsen) via Oxbøl Statsskovdistrikt, has a total area of about 2,200 ha, of which about 1,500 ha are shallow water areas around the peninsula.

Tylmanowa

Notable points of interest include Neoclassical manor from 1840 and a wooden church from 1756, as well as the nearby landscape park called Kłodne nad Dunajcem (89,1 ha) leading to World Heritage Site, Dunajec River Gorge.

Ypané

Ypané district extends over 5,220 has (7,552 m²), which gives it a population density of 3.5 inhabitants per hectare.

Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant

The plant was planned to occupy 70 ha of land area, while the entire complex with dedicated construction facilities and supporting buildings would take 425 ha.


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Agriculture in Venezuela

For example in 2008 the government expropriated El Frio, a 63,000 hectare estate in Apure (larger than the tourist island of Isla Margarita), as its owners (reputed to include Nelson Rockefeller) could not demonstrate legal land title.

Alto Paraguay Department

The World Land Trust estimates deforestation in the Paraguay Chaco at over 200.000 hectare for 2008 alone

Auhah Island

It is 800 metres long by 540 metres wide, which corresponds to an area of about 34 ha, and is located 16 km south-east of Failaka Island, and 41 km from Salmiya on the mainland.

Bannockburn, Victoria

The nearby Bannockburn Vineyards is a 25-hectare vineyard on the Midland Highway, established in 1974 by Stuart Hooper.

Blanquefort, Gironde

Since 1972 Blanquefort has been the location of a Ford transmission plant which occupies a 103 hectare site in the industrial zone.

Bumpy Kanahele

After 15 months, Gov. John D. Waihee III proposed a deal: If Kanahele and his group would leave Makapu‘u beach peacefully, the state would give them a 45-acre (18 hectare) parcel above Waimānalo in the foothills of the Ko‘olau Mountains.

Cannstatter Wasen

The Cannstatter Wasen is a 35 hectare festival area on the banks of the Neckar river in the part of Stuttgart known as Bad Cannstatt.

Château de Beaumesnil

The château, which is an official historical monument of France, is located on a 60 hectare estate to the north-east of the village of Beaumesnil, 140 km west of Paris and midway between the towns of Lisieux and Évreux.

Cinta Costera

The Cinta Costera (meaning Coastal Beltway) is a 26-hectare (64-acre) land reclamation project in Panama City, Panama, completed in 2009 at a cost of $189 million.

Coastal cliffs between Porto Mosquito and Baia do Inferno Important Bird Area

The 160 ha site comprises an 8 km stretch of cliffs along the south-western coast of the island, from the bay of Baia do Inferno eastwards to the village of Porto Mosquito.

Don Valley, Victoria

A well known farm on Don Valley is Haining Farm, a 65-hectare cattle and dairy farm with Jersey and Friesian cows and other farm animals, located at the entrance of Don River into the Yarra River.

Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology

The 3,668-hectare campus of mostly rolling terrain is in the municipality of Mandaon 56.5 kilometers from the provincial capital, Masbate City.

Dubai Chinatown

Dubai Chinatown is an 800-hectare development near Dubai International Airport; it includes a business district shaped like a dragon, its own great wall, and a forbidden city.

Dundry Hill

Dundry Main Road South Quarry is a 0.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of East Dundry, because of the number of fossils in the inferior oolite.

Eden Park Kangaroo Cull

During October 2010 the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) applied for and received a 12-month permit from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment for the Eden Park Kangaroo Cull - to cull 300 Eastern Grey Kangaroos on its 320 hectare Eden Park Vineyard and farm and Northern Lodge equine stud.

Fred Nall Hollis

Located on a three-hectare (seven and one-half-acre) estate in a valley between Vence and Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the NALL Art Association offers artistic training for college students and provides a cultural life through exhibitions and conferences.

Giovanni Lanza

He studied medicine at Turin, capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, then returned to Casale where he divided his energies between practising medicine and developing his 33 hectare estate in nearby Roncaglia.

Gömmaren Nature Reserve

Encompassing some 660 ha of land and 20 ha of water, the Gömmaren area is a large forest separating the residential areas Vårby, Skärholmen, Segeltorp, Snättringe, Fullersta, and Glömsta.

Kennet Valley Alderwoods

Kennet Valley Alderwoods is a 56.8 hectare (140.35 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parishes of Welford and Speen in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1997.

La Gomera giant lizard

Nowadays it is found in the Parque Rural de Valle Gran Rey, and the present range is less than one hectare and restricted to dry cliffs with sparse vegetation.

Land reform in the Philippines

Despite the implementation of CARP, Aquino was not spared from the controversies that eventually centered on Hacienda Luisita, a 6,453-hectare estate located in the Province of Tarlac, which she, together with her siblings inherited from her father Jose Cojuangco (Don Pepe).

Loyola Senior High School, Mount Druitt

An Ignatian school in the tradition of St Ignatius of Loyola, it is situated in Sydney's Western Suburbs in a seven hectare lightly wooded, landscaped site which received the Sulman Award from the Royal Institute of Architects for its design.

Martua Sitorus

Martua along with Kuok Khoon Hong, the nephew of Malaysia's richest tycoon Robert Kuok, founded Wilmar International Limited and by 1991 he owned 7.100 hectare of palm tree plantations, and also build his own palm oil refinery in North Sumatera.

Mengla County

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is located in Menglun in Mengla County, covering an area of more than 1000 ha.

Miscanthus

Its dry weight annual yield can reach 25 tonnes per hectare (10 tonnes per acre).

Montrose, Victoria

He hosted a gardening program for ABC Television entitled 'Sow What', which was mostly shot on location at his one-hectare home garden in Montrose, from 1967 to 1988.

Mourmelon-le-Grand

The camp is used for military manoeuvres, and cavalry training, along with the neighbouring, 2,500 hectare, 'Camp Moronvillers'.

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste

At present, about 1 hectare is planted with specimens including Aesculus hippocastanum, Laurus nobilis, Prunus avium, and Sambucus nigra, as well as Helleborus, Polypodium, Seseli, and Valeriana.

Pachyrhizus ahipa

The P. ahipa plant is therefore able to form an efficient symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, and is able to fix 58–80 kg nitrogen per hectare.

Pacific Environment

That same year, Pacific Environment worked with the Udege people in the Russian Far East to protect the three-million-acre (1.2-million-hectare) upper Bikin Watershed against logging by the Hyundai Corporation.

Pannonhalma

The Pannonhalma-Sokoró wine region consists of 630 hectares and the main white grape varieties grown here are Pinot gris, Chardonnay, Rhine and Italian Riesling, Királyleányka, and Traminer (Gewürztraminer).

Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration

This was the decade when UE expanded in land area, acquiring a 5 hectare land in Caloocan and another 1.5 hectare land in Quezon City.

Ponderosa pine in the Salt Cabin Park Exclosure area

Sucker production after a fire is high (50,000 suckers per hectare) but survival is low (Layden 2007).

Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre

Situated on 4 hectares of land beside Sungei Punggol, Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre houses a community club, and feature sports facilities including four swimming pools, five water slides one of the slides have four colours similar to the slides at East Coast Park which is now closed.

Tawengwa

In 1960, George Tawengwa became the first black person in Southern Rhodesia to purchase a 1,872.0 hectare commercial farm, then called Rhodesdale Farm (renamed Zimdale Farm after independence, in 1980) which was later run by his son Godfrey.

Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional

The 6 hectare rental USBI campus is located in Pancoran, South Jakarta.

War Memorial Park, Singapore

The 1.4-hectare park has open lawns with Gnetum gnemon (Melinjau) trees covering the walkway leading up to the memorial from the four corners of the park.

Yanesha people

In 1988, a territory of over 34,774 hectares was set up in Palcazu District as the Yanesha' Communal Reservation (Reserva Communal Yanesha) with the purpose of protecting important fauna that serves as sustenance to Yanesha' communities in the area.