In Spanish, one meaning of botija is “earthenware jar”.
In Ecuador, 20th century, a unit of mass, = ½
arroba = 5.75 kilograms
(approximately 12.68 pounds). 
United Nations, 1966.
In Bolivia, ? – 20th century, various units of liquid capacity:
| Department | Town | Volume in liters |
Commodity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuquisaca | Camargo | 46.5 | |
| Sud Cinti | 25.85 | ||
| Potosi | Cotagaita | 30.66 | wine |
| Santa Cruz | Buena Vista | 27 | |
| Montero | 102 | molasses | |
| 27 | |||
| Warnes | 56 | ||
| Tarija | Concepción | 30 | |
| Padcaya | 30 | ||
| San Lorenzo | 30 | ||
| Tarija | 41.25 | wine | |
| 30 | singanis (Bolivian pisco) |
[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección
General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.
Page 9, 27, 37 and 41. (Page numbering is not continuous.)
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