تحويل الديكار إلى الدونم: قياس الأراضي في أوروبا الشرقية والشرق الأوسط

Yes, exactly. Both units are defined as 1,000 square meters. The conversion factor is precisely 1.0. The decare is the standard unit in the Balkans and Turkey, while the dunam is standard in the Middle East and Palestinian territories, but they represent identical areas. This 1:1 relationship makes conversion between them mathematically trivial—the challenge is understanding regional naming conventions rather than performing mathematical calculations.

The decare and dunam both evolved from Ottoman land measurement systems but were standardized in different countries at different times. When the Balkans and Turkey modernized their land registries, they adopted the term 'decare' (from the metric prefix 'deca-' meaning 10, since 1 decare = 10 ares). The Middle East retained the historical term 'dunam' (from Ottoman Turkish 'dönüm'). Both regions independently arrived at the same 1,000 square meter standardization, resulting in identical units with different names—a common outcome when multiple countries inherit similar colonial-era measurement systems.