Editing Mile (section)

==Comparison table==
A comparison of the different lengths for a "mile", in different countries and at different times in history, is given in the table below. [[League (unit)|League]]s are also included in this list because, in terms of length, they fall in between the short West European miles and the long North, Central and Eastern European miles.
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! Length (m) || Name || Country used || From || To || Definition || Remarks
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| {{0}}500 || ''[[li (unit)|lǐ]]'' || mainland [[China]] || 1984 || today || 1,500 ''[[chi (unit)|chi]]'' || In Chinese, this unit and the imperial mile are written using the same word (里), with a qualifier to distinguish between systems if needed
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| {{0}}960–1,152 || [[Biblical mile|Talmudic mil]] ||[[Land of Israel|Land of Israel/Canaan]]||  || today || 2,000 amot ([[cubits]]) || [[Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}1,480 || mille passus, milliarium || Roman Empire || || || || [[Ancient Roman units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}1,486.6 ||miglio<ref>Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: {{lang|de|Handbuch der Münz-, Maß- und Gewichtskunde und des Wechsel-Staatspapier-, Bank- und Aktienwesens europäischer und außereuropäischer Länder und Städte}}. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart, 1863, p. 332</ref> || Sicily|| || || ||
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| {{0}}1,524 || London mile || England || || || ||
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| {{0}}1,609.3426 || (statute) mile || England/UK || 1592 || 1959 || 1,760 yards || Over the course of time, the length of a yard changed several times and consequently so did the English, and from 1824, the imperial mile. The statute mile was introduced in 1592 during the reign of Queen [[Elizabeth I]]
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| {{0}}'''1,609.344''' || mile || some English speaking countries{{Citation needed|reason=Which ones?|date=March 2023}} || 1959 || today || 1,760 [[yard]]s ||On 1 July 1959, the imperial mile was standardized to an exact length in metres. This figure corresponds to 5280 feet at 25.4 millimeters per inch.
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| {{0}}1,609.3472 || (statute) mile || United States || 1893 || 2022 || 1,760 yards || From 1959 also called the [[Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems|US Survey Mile]]. From then, its only utility has been land survey, before it was the standard mile. From 1893, its exact length in metres was: {{sfrac|3600|3937}} × 1760
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| {{0}}1,807 || Scots mile || Scotland || || 1685 || 5,920 feet ||
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| {{0}}1,820 || || Italy || || || ||
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| {{0}}'''1,852''' || [[nautical mile]] || international || || today || approx. 1 [[minute of arc]] || Measured at a circumference of 40,000&nbsp;km. Abbreviation: NM, nm
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| {{0}}1,852.3 || (for comparison) || || || || 1 meridian minute ||
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| {{0}}1,853.181 || nautical mile || Turkey || || || ||
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| {{0}}1,855.4 || (for comparison) || || || || 1 equatorial minute || Although the NM was defined on the basis of the minute, it varies from the equatorial minute, because at that time the circumference of the equator could only be estimated at 40,000&nbsp;km.
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| {{0}}2,065 || || Portugal || || || ||
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| {{0}}2,220 || Gallo-Roman league || [[Gallo-Roman culture]] || || || 1.5 miles || Under the reign of Emperor [[Septimius Severus]], this replaced the Roman mile as the official unit of distance in the [[Gauls|Gallic]] and [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] provinces, although there were regional and temporal variations.<ref>{{Cite web
 |title        = Hierarchische Gliederung der vormetrischen Längeneinheiten
 |url          = http://vormetrische-laengeneinheiten.de/html/gliederung.html
 |access-date  = 2023-03-10
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060222062621/http://vormetrische-laengeneinheiten.de/html/gliederung.html
 |archive-date = 22 February 2006
 |website      = vormetrische-laengeneinheiten.de
 |author       = R. C. A. Rottländer
 |date         = January 2006
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
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| {{0}}2,470 || || Sardinia, Piemont || || || ||
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| {{0}}2,622 || || Scotland || || || ||
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| {{0}}2,880 || || Ireland || || || ||
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| {{0}}3,780 || || Flanders || || || ||
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| {{0}}3,898 || French lieue (post league) || France || || || 2,000 "body lengths" ||
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| {{0}}3,927 || ''[[Ri (unit)|Ri]]'' || Japan || || || 12,960 ''[[shaku (unit)|shaku]]'' ||
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| {{0}}4,000 || ''general'' or ''metric league'' || || || || ||
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| {{0}}4,000||legue|| Guatemala || || ||
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| {{0}}4,190||legue||Mexico<ref name="BI">{{citation |author=Helmut Kahnt |title=BI-Lexikon Alte Maße, Münzen und Gewichte |publisher=VEB Bibliographisches Institut |location=Leipzig |year=1986 |page=380}}</ref>|| || || = 2,500 tresas = 5,000 varas||
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| {{0}}4,444.8 || landleuge || || || || {{frac|25}}° of a circle of longitude ||
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| {{0}}4,452.2 || lieue commune || France || || || || [[Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution]]
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| {{0}}4,513||legue||Paraguay || || || ||
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| {{0}}4,513||legua||Chile,<ref name="BI" /> (Guatemala, Haiti) || || || = 36 cuadros = 5,400 varas ||
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| {{0}}4,808 || || Switzerland || || || ||
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| {{0}}4,828 || English ''land league'' || England || || || 3 miles ||
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| {{0}}4,800<br />{{0}}4,900 || Germanic ''rasta'', also ''doppelleuge'' <br />(double league) || || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,000
|légua nova
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| {{0}}5,196||legua||Bolivia<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 40 ladres ||
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| {{0}}5,152||legua Argentina||Argentina, Buenos Aires<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 6,000 varas ||
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| {{0}}5,154||legue||Uruguay || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,200 || Bolivian legua || Bolivia || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,370||legue||Venezuela|| || || ||
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| {{0}}5,500 || Portuguese legua || Portugal || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,510||legue||Ecuador || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,510 || Ecuadorian legua || Ecuador || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,532.5 || Landleuge<br />(state league) || Prussia || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}5,540||legue||Honduras || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,556 || Seeleuge (nautical league) || || || || {{frac|20}}° of a circle of longitude <br />3 [[nautical mile]]s ||
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| {{0}}5,570 || legua || Spain and Chile || || || || [[Spanish customary units]]
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| {{0}}5,572||legua||Colombia<ref name="BI" />|| || || = 3 Millas||
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| {{0}}5,572.7||legue||Peru<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 20,000 feet
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| {{0}}5,572.7||legua Antigua<br />old league||Spain<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 3 millas = 15,000 feet ||
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| {{0}}5,590
|légua
|Brazil<ref name="BI" />
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| {{0}}5,600 || Brazilian legua || Brazil || || || ||
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| {{0}}5,685 || ''[[Ottoman units of measurement|Fersah]]'' (Turkish league) || Ottoman Empire || || 1933 || 4 Turkish miles || Derived from Persian {{lang|fa|[[parasang]]}}
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|{{0}}5,840<ref>[http://ikar.sbb.spk-berlin.de/werkzeugkasten/sonderregeln/4_3,htm IKAR-Altkartendatenbank]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Kartenabteilung.</ref> || Dutch mile || Holland || || || ||
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|| {{0}}6,170 || milltir || Wales || || 13thC || 9,000 camau ( = 27,000 troedfeddi = 243,000 inches) || Eclipsed by the conquest of Wales by Edward I
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| {{0}}6,197
|légua antiga
|Portugal<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 3 milhas = 24 estadios||
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| {{0}}6,240 || Persian legue|| Persia || || || ||
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| {{0}}6,277 || || Luxembourg || || || ||
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| {{0}}6,280 || || Belgium || || || ||
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| {{0}}6,687.24||legua nueva<br />new league, since 1766||Spain<ref name="BI" /> || || || = 8,000 varas ||
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|{{0}}6,700
|Breslau mile
|Silesia
|1630
|1872
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|Also known as {{lang|pl|mila wrocławska}} in Polish
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| {{0}}6,797 || {{lang|de|Landvermessermeile}}<br />(state survey mile) || Saxony || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,400 || || Netherlands || || || ||
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| {{0}}7,409 || (for comparison) || || || || 4 meridian minutes ||
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| {{0}}7,419.2 || || Kingdom of Hanover || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,419.4 || || Duchy of Brunswick || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,420.4<br />{{0}}7,414.9 || || Bavaria || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,420.439 || geographic mile || || || || {{frac|15}} equatorial [[Gon (angle)|grads]] {{dubious|Geographic mile {{=}} 1/15 grad, or degree?|reason=Should be degree, not grad (1/15 grad would be 6,679&nbsp;km)|date=April 2018}} ||
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| {{0}}7,421.6 || (for comparison) || || || || 4 equatorial minutes ||
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| {{0}}7,448.7 || || Württemberg || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,450 || || Hohenzollern || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,467.6 || || Russia || || || 7 verst || [[Obsolete Russian units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,480 || || Bohemia || || || ||
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| {{0}}7,500 || kleine / neue Postmeile<br />(small/new postal mile) || Saxony || || 1840 || || [[German Empire]], [[North German Confederation]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], Russia. [[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,532.5 || Land(es)meile<br />(German state mile) || Denmark, Hamburg<!--7,530-->, [[Prussia]]<!--7,532.48--> || || || || Primarily for Denmark defined by [[Ole Rømer]]. [[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,585.9 || Postmeile<br />(post mile) || Austro-Hungary || || || || [[Austrian units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}7,850 || [[Milă]] || Romania || || || ||
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|{{0}}8,534.31
|Mila
|Poland
|1819
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|7146 meters before 1819, also equaled 7 [[verst]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gloger|first=Zygmunt|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23442814M/Ksiega_rzeczy_polskich|title=Ksiega rzeczy polskich|date=1898|publisher=Druk W.L. Anczyca i Sp|ol=23442814M|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421104944/https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23442814M/Ksiega_rzeczy_polskich|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{0}}8,800 || || Schleswig-Holstein || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}8,888.89 <!--8890--> || || Baden || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}9,062 || mittlere Post- / Polizeimeile<br />(middle post mile or police mile) || Saxony || || 1722 || || <!-- = 2 hours = 2,000 road rods = 16,000 Leipzig ells = 32,000 feet-->[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}9,206.3 <!--9200--> || || Electorate of Hesse || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}9,261.4 || (for comparison) || || || || 5 meridian minutes ||
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| {{0}}9,277 || (for comparison) || || || || 5 equatorial minutes ||
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| {{0}}9,323 || alte Landmeile<br />(old state mile) || Hanover || || 1836 || || <!--= 2,000 Calenberg roods to 16 feet = 2 housrs = 12,000 paces-->[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}9,347 || alte Landmeile<br />(old state mile) || Hanover || || 1836 || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| {{0}}9,869.6 || || Oldenburg || || || ||
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| 10,000 || metric mile, [[Scandinavian mile]] || Norway, Sweden || || today || || Still commonly used today, e.g. for road distances; equates to the [[myriametre]]
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| 10,044 || große Meile<br />(great mile) || Westphalia || || || ||[[Obsolete German units of measurement]]
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| 10,670 || || Finland || || || ||
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| 10,688.54 || mil || Sweden || || 1889 || || In normal speech, "mil" means a Scandinavian mile of 10&nbsp;km.
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| 11,113.7 || (for comparison) || || || || 6 meridian minutes ||
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| 11,132.4 || (for comparison) || || || || 6 equatorial minutes ||
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| 11,299 || mil || Norway || || || || was equivalent to 3,000 Rhenish [[rod (unit)|rods]].
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Similar units:
* 1,066.8&nbsp;m&nbsp;– [[verst]], see also [[obsolete Russian units of measurement]]