kilometre
SI unit of length equal to one thousand metres
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Summary
kilometre is an unit of length[1]. kilometre draws 7,044 Wikipedia views per month (unit of length category, ranking #12 of 96).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: SI derived unit[3], decimal multiple of an unit[4], metric unit[5]
- Measured physical quantity: length[6]
- Commons category: Kilometre[7]
- Said to be the same as: klick[8]
- Unicode character: ㎞[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10], Otto's encyclopedia[11]
- Different from: Km[12]
- Conversion to SI unit: 1000[13]
- Conversion to standard unit: 39,370[14], 1093.6[15], 0.000000000000032408[16], 0.00000000000010570[17], 10,000[18], 0.53961[19], 4.9710[20], 49.710[21], 39,370,000,000[22], 1,000,000,000[23], 3280.84[24], 10,000,000,000,000[25], 100,000[26], 527.292[27]
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q828224 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[28]
- Unit symbol: km[29], كم[30], км[31], کیلومتر[32], ק"מ[33], 公里[34], কি.মি.[35], കി.മീ.[36], 千米[37], კმ[38], கி.மீ.[39], 粁[40], キロメートル[41], քմ[42]
Why It Matters
kilometre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] kilometre is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]