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A dunam (Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: دونم; Turkish: dönüm; Hebrew: דונם; Yiddish: דונאם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma (citation needed), was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount of land that could be ploughed by a team of oxen in a day.
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
The term "Spanish acre" instead has been used sometimes by mainlanders. [1] A cuerda and an acre have often been treated as equal because they are nearly the same size. According to Carlos Menocal Villagran, [3] in Guatemala, the term cuerda refers to a unit of area and can have various meanings. Cuerda can refer to areas that are 50 x 50, 40 x ...
The marla is a traditional unit of area that is used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The marla was standardized under British raj to be equal to the square rod, or 272.25 square feet, 30.25 square yards, or 25.2929 square metres.
[1] [2] In Afghanistan, however, it is standardized at 2,000 square metres (0.49 acres). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The jerib was roughly equivalent to the other customary land measures in south Asia and the Middle East, the Indian bigha and the Sumerian iku , varying between 1,600 and 3,600 square metres (0.40 and 0.89 acres).
The company has developed more than 30 million square feet of commercial real estate space over the past 30 years. It also owns more than 2,500 acres of developable land statewide, and manages or leases more than 13 million square feet of commercial property. [1] The Flagler company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries.
An Ankanam is a unit of measure similar to an acre.It is used mainly in regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Nellore, Anekal, Bengaluru and Tirupati.An Ankanam is measured as 72 sq ft (6.7 m 2), (mostly in the Nellore District) and, in some places (such as Tirupati), 36 sq ft (3.3 m 2).
Hence each Katha is 2,880 square feet (268 m 2) in area, although this may vary within different regions of Assam. 4 bighas together are further termed as a Pura. 1 Katha = 2,880 square feet (268 m 2) or 320 sq yard; 1 Lessa = 144 square feet (13.4 m 2) or 16 sq yard; 1 Acre = 3.025 bigha and 1 Hectare = 7.475 bigha (Assam)