 {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; text-align:center" !colspan=2|mile |- !mile type !metres |- |international | |- |u.s. survey | |- |nautical |1852 |}  a mile is a unit of length most commonly equivalent to 5,280&nbsp;feet or 1,760&nbsp;yards (about 1,609&nbsp;metres). the mile of 5,280&nbsp;feet is also known as the statute mile or land mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile of approximately 6,076&nbsp;feet (1,852&nbsp;metres exactly).the american heritage dictionary of the english language, 4th ed., s.v. mile 1. there have also been many historical miles and similar units in other systems that may be translated into english as miles; they have varied in length from 1 to 15&nbsp;kilometres. the exact length of the land mile varied slightly among english-speaking countries until the international yard and pound agreement in 1959 established the yard as exactly 0.9144&nbsp;metres, giving a mile exactly 1,609.344&nbsp;metres. the u.s. adopted this international mile for most purposes, but retained the pre-1959 mile for some land-survey data, terming it the u. s. survey mile. in the united states, statute mile normally refers to the survey mile,convert mile &#91;statute&#93; to mile &#91;statute, us&#93; "1 metre is equal to 0.000621371192237 mile [statute], or 0.000621369949495 mile [statute, us]. ... the u.s. statute mile (or survey mile) is defined by the survey foot. this is different from the international statute mile, which is defined as exactly 1609.344 meters. the u.s. statute mile is defined as 5280 u.s. survey feet, which is around 1609.3472 meters." about 3.2&nbsp;mm (&nbsp;inch) longer than the international mile (the international mile is exactly 0.0002% less than the u.s. survey mile). while most countries replaced the mile with the kilometre when switching to the international system of units, the international mile continues to be used in some countries such as liberia, myanmar,:file:naypyitaw tollbooth.jpg the united kingdom and the united states.maximum posted speed limits (us) iihs. retrieved 14 september 2011 it is furthermore used in a number of countries with vastly less than a million inhab
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