Convert kilometres to Parasang/Farsakh
Persia & Silk Road · Persian Length & Land · historical · ancient
Historically reconstructed The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative.
1 kilometre = 0.166667 Parasang/Farsakh
Parasang/Farsakh = kilometres × 0.16666667
Convert any amount
kilometres to Parasang/Farsakh table
| kilometres | Parasang/Farsakh |
|---|---|
| 0.25 kilometres | 0.0416667 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 0.5 kilometres | 0.0833333 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 1 kilometre | 0.166667 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 2 kilometres | 0.333333 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 3 kilometres | 0.5 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 4 kilometres | 0.666667 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 5 kilometres | 0.833333 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 10 kilometres | 1.66667 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 20 kilometres | 3.33333 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 25 kilometres | 4.16667 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 50 kilometres | 8.33333 Parasang/Farsakh |
| 100 kilometres | 16.6667 Parasang/Farsakh |
About the Parasang/Farsakh
Persian league ≈ 6km. Hour of travel on horseback.
- Symbol
- parasang
- Value in SI
- 1 Parasang/Farsakh = 6,000 metre
- Typical use
- navigation
- Source
- Herodotus, Xenophon
Every atlas conversion routes through the SI metre. See our methodology and data provenance pages for how these values are sourced and verified.
Related units and variant risk
Other persian length & land units in the Persia & Silk Road family, least settled first. If your figure came from a land record, invoice or historical document rather than a calculator, check these before assuming a single standard.
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Frequently asked
How many Parasang/Farsakh are in a kilometre?
1 kilometre = 0.166667 Parasang/Farsakh. Multiply the number of kilometres by 0.16666667 to get Parasang/Farsakh.
What is Parasang/Farsakh used for?
Persian league ≈ 6km. Hour of travel on horseback. It is classified as historical and dates from the ancient period.
Is the Parasang/Farsakh value exact?
Yes for practical purposes. UnitConvertLab converts every atlas unit through the SI metre, using the value published by Herodotus, Xenophon, so the arithmetic itself introduces no rounding beyond the digits shown.
How reliable is this Parasang/Farsakh conversion?
Historically reconstructed — The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative. Source: Herodotus, Xenophon.
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UnitConvertLab. (2026). Convert kilometres to Parasang/Farsakh. UnitConvertLab. Retrieved from https://unitconvertlab.com/regional/kilometer-to-parasang
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