The kilometer is a unit used to measure lengths.
The kilometer is the unit used to measure lengths and is equivalent to a thousand meters . It is, therefore, one of the multiples of the unit known as the meter .
The kilometer symbol is km , both singular and plural (1 km, 3 km, 568 km) and it is important to note that this is not an abbreviation; This means that a period should not be included at the end. It must, on the other hand, always be written in lower case to avoid confusion with the symbol for Kelvin ( K ), a unit of temperature.
Kilometer equivalents
A kilometer is equivalent, compared to other units , to 0.621 miles, 1,093.61 yards and 3,280.83 feet, for example. It should be noted that these equivalences are not exact, but are approximations.
According to the International System of Units , in turn, a kilometer is equivalent to 10 hectometers, 100 decameters, 1,000 meters, 10,000 decameters, 100,000 centimeters and 1,000,000 millimeters.
For logical reasons, distances between cities or countries are usually expressed in kilometers. For example: “Buenos Aires is located 404 kilometers from Mar del Plata.” That same phrase, reflected in meters, would be more complicated to express: “Buenos Aires is 404,000 meters from Mar del Plata.”
The speed of cars is usually expressed in kilometers per hour.
The speed
The speed of cars is also expressed, for similar reasons, in kilometers per hour : “I bought a new car that reaches 220 kilometers per hour , although I cannot test it since in my city you cannot exceed 100 kilometers per hour. hour" .
If the speed of cars were measured in meters per hour, figures such as 220,000 meters per hour or 100,000 meters per hour would be used.
Legends in specific kilometers
In many countries there are dark stories that take place on the roads, more precisely, in certain kilometers . These legends claim that strange, inexplicable things happen at that point on the road: cars that leave the road without explanation, radios that lose signal or receive interference, apparitions, surreal accidents, etc.
Many people disbelieve such stories; However, when something strange happens to them at that point they stop doing it, because deep down there are things that have no explanation and therefore, just as they cannot be taken as true, there is no way to deny them either.
In Germany it is said that kilometer 239 of the road that connects Bremen and Bremenrhaven is possessed by strange presences . This route has earned the reputation of the "cursed road" since since it was built, extremely strange accidents have occurred at km 239 for which there is no logical explanation. For a long time the locals tried to understand the reasons, without obtaining any results; So they made the decision to avoid that section.
After an expert in paranormal events went to the scene and buried a copper box with a metal that was shaped like a star, the accidents stopped . Now, there are two versions: one says that that metal keeps the magnetism of the area at bay and therefore avoids misfortunes; The other, on which the majority of the residents rely, maintains that it is an object that has a spell that keeps the forces of evil away... We will never know what the correct explanation is.
Like this one, there are many stories about cursed kilometers , where our lives are in danger when threatened by presences from another world. Possibly everyone has their own point of view, and many people are skeptical of these legends, considering that suggestion expands the limits of what is credible. However, these accidents happen and there are many people who have experienced them, so we know that on certain sections of the road it is necessary to keep your eyes wide open and, above all, try to act normally.