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In Puerto Rico, a cuerda is a traditional unit of land area nearly equivalent to 3,930 square meters, [1] [2] or 4,700 square yards, 0.971 acre, or 0.393 hectare (ha). The precise conversion is 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m 2. [2]
Several units were used to measure length. Legua was approximately equal to 2 2/3 in, [2] which is substantially different from the value of a Legua in Spanish customary units and a League elsewhere, which varied from about 1,500 metres to 11,000 metres.
The term, yard derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd etc., which was used for branches, staves and measuring rods. [5] It is first attested in the late 7th century laws of Ine of Wessex, [6] where the "yard of land" mentioned [6] is the yardland, an old English unit of tax assessment equal to 1 ⁄ 4 hide.
Estado, a unit of length used for measuring depths (similar to the fathom); 7 pies; Pulgada (inch: 24.5 mm) used in Spain. Jeme, measure of length, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger of an extended hand. Legua (league), a unit of length. Toesas, unit of length equal to 66.72 inches (1.695 m) [8] Units of area
Yarda was a Palestinian hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war . It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad .
Farm-derived units of measurement: The rod is a historical unit of length equal to 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards. It may have originated from the typical length of a mediaeval ox-goad.There are 4 rods in one chain.
Yarda is a sub-prefecture of Batha Region in Chad. [1] [2] References This page was last edited on 26 January 2021, at 08:19 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
A manzana is a unit of area used in Argentina and in many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas in Spanish customary units. [1] In other Spanish-speaking regions, the term has the meaning of a city block.