Mile to Centimeter Converter

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The mile (mi) is a unit of length in the imperial / US customary, commonly used for road distances in the US and UK and running race distances. The centimeter (cm) belongs to the metric (SI) and is typically found in measurements related to clothing and shoe sizes and human height and body measurements. By definition, one mile is exactly 1,760 yards, or approximately 1.609 kilometers. One centimeter is one hundredth of a meter (0.01 m). The conversion factor between these two units is 160934.4: multiplying any value in mi by this number gives the equivalent in cm. For example, 10 mi equals 1609344.0000 cm. Going the other direction, 1 cm equals 0.000006 mi. The mile descends from the Roman mille passuum ('thousand paces'). The statute mile of 5,280 feet was fixed in England in 1593. The centimeter has been part of the metric system since its adoption in France in the late 18th century.