The formula of the area of a circle is
where r is the radius
in this case, we have the length of the diameter, the diameter is twice the radius
d= diameter
d=2r
therefore
r=d/2
r=8/2
r=4
we substitute the value of the radius in the formula
the area of a circle with a diameter of 8km is 16pi km^2 or 50.27km^2