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A number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been compulsory in the country since 1860, during the late Spanish colonial period. [1] A mixture of Spanish units and indigenous units were used alongside American units in the 1900s.
Though officially the Philippines became entirely metric in 1860, this value was still in use well into the 20th century. [ 3 ] Cavan was reported in the late 19th century as a measure for rice equivalent to 98.28 litres. [ 4 ]
The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI). It is a system in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven units. The units that serve as the SI base units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.
The Philippines first adopted the metric system in 1860 because of the Spanish Colonial government; imperial units were introduced by the American Colonial government; however, the metric system was made the official system of measurement in 1906 through Act No. 1519, s. 1906.
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