How many kilometers is one mile equal to?

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One mile is approximately equal to 1.6 kilometers. The term 'mile' refers to the English word 'mile,' meaning a unit of distance. According to unit conversion, 1 mile equals 1609 meters or 1.609 kilometers. For example, if a car's speed is 80 miles per hour (80 mph), it is equivalent to a speed of 128.72 kilometers per hour. In the 1980s and 1990s, when China's car market was just starting, a large number of foreign cars entered China. At that time, European and American countries used the imperial system for speed units, so many speedometers displayed speed in miles per hour, abbreviated as MPH. Since the English name for mile is 'mile,' transliterated as 'mai,' when expressing speed, the 'per hour' part is often omitted, leading to the common expression of speed in 'mai.' Nowadays, China uses the metric system, and speedometers display speed in kilometers per hour, which is also the speed unit adopted by most countries worldwide.