A dunam (or dönüm, dunum) is a unit of land area enclosing 1000 square metres. Land area in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip has been measured in dunams since the era of the British Mandate of Palestine.

A dunam is equal to:

• 0.1 hectare
• 0.001 square kilometre
• 0.2471 of an acre
• 1196 square yards
• 10,760 square feet

External links

• Foreign Weights and Measures Formerly in Common Use
• How did the Zionists acquire land in Palestine?