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The vara cuadrada or square vara is commonly used in land transactions in Guatemala and 10,000 square varas equal one manzana. [2] One square vara equals 0.6987 square meters (7.521 sq ft), while one manzana equals 6,987 square metres (1.727 acres). [2] The term cuerda can refer to areas of different sizes.
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 40, 30 x 30, 25 x 25 or 20 x 20 varas (i.e. 2500, 1600, 900, 625, or 400 ...
In Texas, a vara was defined as 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm), or 1 yard = 1.08 vara. [citation needed] The vara and the corresponding unit of area, the square vara, were introduced in the 19th century to measure Spanish land grants. Stephen F. Austin's early surveying contracts required that he use the vara as a standard unit.
Several units were used to measure mass in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Some units are given below: [1] [2] 1 caja = 16 kg 1 fanega = 92 kg 1 carga = 161 kg. As a typical coffee measure, fanega was equal to 46 kg of coffee. [3]
A number of units were used to measure length. One vara was equal to 0.836 m. [1] [2] Some other units are given below: [1] [2] 1 cuarta = 1 ⁄ 4 vara 1 tercia = 1 ⁄ 3 vara 1 mecate = 24 varas. 1 legua = 5,000 varas [3]
In Nicaragua, the metric system was adopted in 1910, and has been compulsory since 1912, by a joint convention between Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pre-metric units
Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple: Quetzaltenango: Guatemala North America 6.47 acres (26,183 m 2) 21,085 sq ft (1,959 m 2) 80 ft (24 m) 1 2 2 137 Operating Kansas City Missouri Temple: Missouri: United States: North America: 8.05 acres (32,577 m 2) 32,000 sq ft (2,973 m 2) 150 ft (46 m) 1 2 3 138 Operating Manaus Brazil Temple: Amazonas: Brazil
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [8] [9] the total population estimate was 17,608,483 in 2021. The proportion of the population below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.5%, 54.1% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.4% were aged 65 years or older.