Wikipedia:Kilometre

There are issues about using kilometres (or "kilometers") in pages. The Manual of Style (WP:MOS) has advised to show the first amount mentioned in kilometers with the word spelled-out for the language dialect of the article ("kilometers" for U.S. English). After the first use, the word can be abbreviated as "km". The measurement converter Template:Convert can be used to calculate the equivalent miles, but in the lede section of articles, hand-coded text is preferred to allow pop-up text from the lede to avoid showing "{&#123;convert|...}}" in the pop-up description.

Outside the lead paragraph, use "{&#123;convert|235|km|0}}" or for American English, use "{&#123;convert|235|km|0|sp=us}}" with parameter "sp=us" to show the U.S. spelling.

Table of equivalent miles
Because the lede section of articles should avoid using text templates (to allow pop-up display of simple text), the following table can be used to copy/paste conversions into the top of an article page:


 * 1&amp;nbsp;kilometre (0.6&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 2&amp;nbsp;kilometres (1.2&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 3&amp;nbsp;kilometres (1.9&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 4&amp;nbsp;kilometres (2.5&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 5&amp;nbsp;kilometres (3.1&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 6&amp;nbsp;kilometres (3.7&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 7&amp;nbsp;kilometres (4.3&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 8&amp;nbsp;kilometres (5.0&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 9&amp;nbsp;kilometres (5.6&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 10&amp;nbsp;kilometres (6.2&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 11&amp;nbsp;kilometres (6.8&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 12&amp;nbsp;kilometres (7.5&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 13&amp;nbsp;kilometres (8.1&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 14&amp;nbsp;kilometres (8.7&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 15&amp;nbsp;kilometres (9.3&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 16&amp;nbsp;kilometres (9.9&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 17&amp;nbsp;kilometres (10.6&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 18&amp;nbsp;kilometres (11.2&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 19&amp;nbsp;kilometres (11.8&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 20&amp;nbsp;kilometres (12&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 21&amp;nbsp;kilometres (13&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 22&amp;nbsp;kilometres (14&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 23&amp;nbsp;kilometres (14&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 24&amp;nbsp;kilometres (15&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 25&amp;nbsp;kilometres (16&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 26&amp;nbsp;kilometres (16&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 27&amp;nbsp;kilometres (17&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 28&amp;nbsp;kilometres (17&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 29&amp;nbsp;kilometres (18&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 30&amp;nbsp;kilometres (19&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 31&amp;nbsp;kilometres (19&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 32&amp;nbsp;kilometres (20&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 33&amp;nbsp;kilometres (21&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 34&amp;nbsp;kilometres (21&amp;nbsp;mi)


 * 35&amp;nbsp;kilometres (22&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 36&amp;nbsp;kilometres (22&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 37&amp;nbsp;kilometres (23&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 38&amp;nbsp;kilometres (24&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 39&amp;nbsp;kilometres (24&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 40&amp;nbsp;kilometres (25&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 41&amp;nbsp;kilometres (25&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 42&amp;nbsp;kilometres (26&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 43&amp;nbsp;kilometres (27&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 44&amp;nbsp;kilometres (27&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 45&amp;nbsp;kilometres (28&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 46&amp;nbsp;kilometres (29&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 47&amp;nbsp;kilometres (29&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 48&amp;nbsp;kilometres (30&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 49&amp;nbsp;kilometres (30&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 50&amp;nbsp;kilometres (31&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 51&amp;nbsp;kilometres (32&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 52&amp;nbsp;kilometres (32&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 53&amp;nbsp;kilometres (33&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 54&amp;nbsp;kilometres (34&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 55&amp;nbsp;kilometres (34&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 56&amp;nbsp;kilometres (35&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 57&amp;nbsp;kilometres (35&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 58&amp;nbsp;kilometres (36&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 59&amp;nbsp;kilometres (37&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 60&amp;nbsp;kilometres (37&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 61&amp;nbsp;kilometres (38&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 62&amp;nbsp;kilometres (39&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 63&amp;nbsp;kilometres (39&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 64&amp;nbsp;kilometres (40&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 65&amp;nbsp;kilometres (40&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 66&amp;nbsp;kilometres (41&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 67&amp;nbsp;kilometres (42&amp;nbsp;mi)


 * 68&amp;nbsp;kilometres (42&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 69&amp;nbsp;kilometres (43&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 70&amp;nbsp;kilometres (43&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 71&amp;nbsp;kilometres (44&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 72&amp;nbsp;kilometres (45&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 73&amp;nbsp;kilometres (45&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 74&amp;nbsp;kilometres (46&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 75&amp;nbsp;kilometres (47&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 76&amp;nbsp;kilometres (47&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 77&amp;nbsp;kilometres (48&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 78&amp;nbsp;kilometres (48&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 79&amp;nbsp;kilometres (49&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 80&amp;nbsp;kilometres (50&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 81&amp;nbsp;kilometres (50&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 82&amp;nbsp;kilometres (51&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 83&amp;nbsp;kilometres (52&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 84&amp;nbsp;kilometres (52&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 85&amp;nbsp;kilometres (53&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 86&amp;nbsp;kilometres (53&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 87&amp;nbsp;kilometres (54&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 88&amp;nbsp;kilometres (55&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 89&amp;nbsp;kilometres (55&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 90&amp;nbsp;kilometres (56&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 91&amp;nbsp;kilometres (57&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 92&amp;nbsp;kilometres (57&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 93&amp;nbsp;kilometres (58&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 94&amp;nbsp;kilometres (58&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 95&amp;nbsp;kilometres (59&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 96&amp;nbsp;kilometres (60&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 97&amp;nbsp;kilometres (60&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 98&amp;nbsp;kilometres (61&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 99&amp;nbsp;kilometres (62&amp;nbsp;mi)
 * 100&amp;nbsp;kilometres (62&amp;nbsp;mi)

The above table includes the non-breaking spaces ("&nbsp") to ensure smarter typesetting whenever lines wrap.


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