Convert Decares to Square Feet for Land Use

1 decare = 10,764 sq ft. Perfect for agriculture and real estate. Convert your land measurements now! Try it today!

Quick Insight

1 decare = 10,763.9 square foot

This unit is needed for real estate transactions in regions like Turkey and Greece, ensuring international buyers can accurately assess property sizes.

💡 Tip: Multiply by 10,000 and add 7%

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Formula: ft² = daa × 10,763.9151

With 1 decare equaling approximately 1,076.39 square feet, This conversion in square foot is important for professionals working across metric and imperial measurement systems. The decare, a unit primarily used in Turkey, Greece, and parts of Eastern Europe, represents 1,000 square meters. Converting to square feet is critical for accurate property assessments, agricultural yield calculations, and international real estate transactions where precision directly impacts financial outcomes.

Why This Conversion Matters

Land measurement accuracy directly affects property valuations, agricultural productivity calculations, and legal boundary definitions. With 1 decare equaling 1,076.39 square feet, errors in conversion can result in marked financial discrepancies. A miscalculation of just 0.5% on a 100-decare property (approximately 107,639 square feet) means an error of over 538 square feet—potentially worth thousands of dollars in property transactions or affecting crop yield projections across multiple parcels.

Real-World Examples

Real Estate & Property Valuation

Real estate professionals in Turkey, Greece, and Eastern Europe regularly work with decare measurements, while international buyers and investors operate in square feet. Accurate conversion ensures proper property valuation, prevents costly transaction errors, and maintains legal compliance across different jurisdictional requirements. Property listings for international markets must display both measurements to avoid disputes and help transparent negotiations.

Examples:

Small urban apartment building lot: 2 decares = 2,152.78 square feet
Medium residential property: 5 decares = 5,381.95 square feet
Large commercial development: 50 decares = 53,819.50 square feet

Pro Tips:

✓Always include both decare and square foot measurements in international property listings to attract buyers from both metric and imperial regions
✓Use the precise conversion factor 1,076.3910 for legal property documents; rounding can create title disputes

Agriculture & Crop Management

Farmers in Turkey and the Balkans measure land in decares, while agricultural exporters and international trading partners use square feet or acres for yield calculations. Converting decare measurements to square feet enables accurate comparison of crop densities, pesticide application rates, and yield projections across international markets. This conversion is important for EU agricultural programs that require standardized reporting across member and partner states.

Examples:

Small family orchard: 3 decares = 3,229.17 square feet (approximately 0.074 acres)
Medium wheat field: 20 decares = 21,527.82 square feet (approximately 0.495 acres)
Large olive grove: 100 decares = 107,639.10 square feet (approximately 2.47 acres)

Pro Tips:

✓For crop yield reporting: convert square feet back to hectares (1 hectare = 100 decares) for EU market compliance
✓Remember: 1 decare = 0.1 hectare, so multiply decare measurements by 0.1 to get hectares before converting to other imperial units

Quick Reference Table

decares	square feet
1 daa	10763.9 ft²
2 daa	21527.8 ft²
5 daa	53819.5 ft²
10 daa	107639 ft²
20 daa	215278 ft²

Formula: ft² = daa × conversion factor

History & Background

The decare originated as a practical agricultural unit in the Ottoman Empire and was standardized in Turkey and surrounding regions. Defined as 1,000 square meters (10 meters × 100 meters), the decare became the standard land measurement unit for property registration and agricultural census in Turkey, Greece, and several Balkan countries. At the same time, the square foot developed from English medieval measurements and became entrenched in the British Empire and After that the United States. The decare represents the metric system's rationalization of land measurement, while the square foot reflects imperial tradition—both units persist today due to historical legal frameworks and cadastral systems that predate modern metrication efforts.

Regional Usage

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In Turkey, Greece, Albania, and the Balkan states, the decare is the official unit for property registration, agricultural reporting, and land taxation. All legal property documents use decares, and the cadastral (land registry) system is built entirely on decare measurements. Real estate transactions, property taxes, and agricultural subsidies are calculated in decares. But international transactions with buyers from the US, UK, or other imperial-system countries require conversion to square feet.

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In the United States, Canada, and other English-speaking nations, square feet is the standard unit for property measurement, construction, and real estate transactions. Property deeds, architectural plans, and appraisals exclusively use square feet. For international transactions involving Turkish or Greek properties, conversion to square feet is necessary for American investors and lenders to understand property dimensions. Most international real estate platforms now display properties in both units to accommodate global buyers.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Confusing decare with hectare (1 hectare = 100 decares, not 1:1 ratio)

Using 10,763.9 instead of 1,076.39 square feet results in a 1,000% error. A 10-decare property would be calculated as 107,639 square feet instead of 10,763.9 square feet—an overestimation by 96,875 square feet that could overvalue a property by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

✓ Remember: 1 decare = 1,000 m² = 1,076.39 square feet. 1 hectare = 100 decares = 107,639 square feet. Verify which unit you're starting with before converting.

Rounding the conversion factor to 1,000 or 1,100 for quick mental math in professional contexts

Using 1,000 instead of 1,076.39 creates a 7.6% underestimation; using 1,100 creates a 2.2% overestimation. On a 50-decare transaction, this means errors of 3,819.50 square feet or 1,180.50 square feet respectively—potentially thousands of dollars in valuation disputes.

✓ Use the precise factor 1,076.3910 for all legal, financial, and professional documents. Mental approximations (1,076 ≈ 1,075) are acceptable only for preliminary estimates, never for final valuations.

Did You Know?

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The decare is precisely 1,000 square meters, making it exactly 1/100th of a hectare—a relationship that simplifies large-scale agricultural and land-use calculations across the metric system, whereas the square foot has no such clean relationship to larger imperial units.

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Turkey's cadastral system, which records every property in decares, contains over 80 million individual land parcels—making it one of the world's largest property registries and requiring consistent, accurate conversion when international investors purchase Turkish real estate worth billions annually.

Pro Tips

✓Quick mental math: Multiply decares by approximately 1,076 to get square feet (or divide by 0.000929 for more precision)
✓For property documents: Always use the precise conversion factor 1,076.3910 square feet per decare; never round for legal or financial transactions
✓Remember the relationship: 1 decare = 0.1 hectare = 1,000 m² = 1,076.39 sq ft ≈ 0.247 acres

Frequently Asked Questions

How many square feet are in one decare?

Exactly 1,076.3910 square feet equals 1 decare. Since 1 decare = 1,000 square meters and 1 square meter = 10.764 square feet, the conversion is straightforward: 1,000 × 10.764 = 10,764 square feet. Wait—that's incorrect. The correct calculation is 1 decare = 1,000 m² ÷ 0.092903 m²/sq ft = 10,763.9 square feet. For practical purposes, remember that 1 decare is slightly larger than 1,000 square feet (about 7.6% larger). This distinction matters clearly in property transactions where even small percentage errors translate to substantial dollar amounts.

Why do some countries use decares instead of acres or hectares?

The decare became the standard unit in Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans primarily due to historical Ottoman administrative practices and the subsequent adoption of metric measurements in these regions. The decare (1,000 m²) provided a practical size for agricultural plots and urban property parcels. When these countries modernized their cadastral (property registry) systems, they standardized on decares rather than adopting hectares or acres. This created path dependency—all historical property records, legal frameworks, and taxation systems are built on decares, making it economically impractical to change. During this, English-speaking nations and former British colonies use acres and square feet due to their colonial heritage and the strength of English common law property systems.