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The acre is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong, which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, 1⁄640 of a square mile, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m2, or about 40% of a hectare. The acre is sometimes abbreviated ac, but is usually spelled out as the word "acre".

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Old Acre is a cultural World Heritage site in Israel, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Old Acre was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Israel

Masada · White City of Tel Aviv · Old City of Acre · White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement · Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev · Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba · Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee · Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves · Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves · Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal.

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