hekta
HEH-ktah
How to say it
SwahilihektaHEH-ktah
Englishhectare
Frenchhectare
Meaning
A unit for measuring land, equal to ten thousand square meters, or about two and a half acres.
Good to know
N class noun, the same in singular and plural: hekta moja, hekta tano. Land is also measured in ekari, acres.
Examples
- Shamba lake lina ukubwa wa hekta kumi.His farm is ten hectares in size.
- Serikali imetenga hekta elfu tano kwa kilimo cha mpunga.The government has set aside five thousand hectares for rice farming.
- Hekta moja inaweza kutoa tani nne za mahindi.One hectare can yield four tons of maize.
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