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in Bolivia

1

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of mass, varying with locality and the commodity weighed:

Department	Town	Mass in kilograms	Commodity
Chuquisaca	Azurduy	103.5	potatoes, ocas
	Azurduy	64.40	barley
	Camargo	81.00	grain
		73.60	potatoes
		62.10	maize
	H. Siles	59.80	potatoes
	Luis Calvo	57.50	maize
	Monteagudo	59.80	grain
	Padilla	80.50	potatoes, wheat
	Sucre	57.50	potatoes
	Tarabuco	78.20	potatoes
	Tarabuco	62.10	barley
	Villa Busch	73.60	potatoes, maize
	Villa Serrano	69.00	barely
	Villa Serrano	80.50	potatoes
	Yotala	57.50	potatoes
	Yotala	46.00	grain
	Zudañez	80.90	potatoes, ocas
		46.00	chuño
		62.50	barley
La Paz	Apolo	69.00	grain
	Achacachi	59.80	grain
	Achacachi	71.76	potatoes
	Pelechuco	69.00	maize
	Coroico	73.60	firewood
	Coroico	71.76	potatoes
	Corocoro	71.76	potatoes
	Corocoro	59.80	chuño
	Inquisivi	94.30	potatoes, ocas
	Inquisivi	87.40	maize
	Luribay	71.76	potatoes
	Luribay	59.80	grain, chuño
	Omasuyos	50.00	ocas, other
	Pacajes	70.75	potatoes
	Pacajes	58.97	chuño
	Palca	71.76	potatoes
	Pucarani	55.50	grain
		72.60	potatoes
		35.88	tunta (cactus?)
	Puerto Acosta	59.80	chuño
	Puerto Acosta	71.76	potatoes
	Quime	69.00	grain
		71.76	potatoes, ocas
		55.20	chuño
	Sicasica	71.76	potatoes
	Sicasica	57.50	grain
	Sorata	61.80	grain
		95.68	wheat
		71.76	potatoes
		46.00	chuño
	Viacha	71.76	potatoes
		59.80	chuno
		46.00	ocas
Potosi	Arampampa	85.10	wheat
		60.95	barley
		102.10	maize
		100.00	potatoes
	Colquechaca	73.60	potatoes, ocas
	Colquechaca	55.20	chuño, maize
	Cotagaita	62.10	grain
	Potosi	46.00	potatoes
	Puna	50.00	potatoes, grain
	San Pedro	60.00	potatoes, ocas
	Sacaca	100.00	potatoes, ocas
	Tacobamba	68.00	wheat
	Toropalca	59.80	wheat
	Tuctapari	59.80	maize
	Tumusla	70.00	maize
	Tupiza	64.40	potatoes, ocas
	Uncía	69.00	potatoes, ocas
	Uyuni	69.00	grain
	Villa Betanzos	50.60	maize
	Villa Betanzos	62.10	barley
	Vitichi	57.50	maize
Oruro	Corque	46.00	potatoes
	Huanuni	73.60	potatoes
	Huanuni	184.00	barley
	Oruro	100.28	potatoes
	Poopo	52.90	ptatoes
	Salinas de G. Mendoza	52.90	potatoes
		48.30	flour
		50.60	chuño
		46.00	quinoa
Santa Cruz	Quirusillas	57.50	grain
	Valle Grande	92.00	potatoes
		77.28	maize
		69.00	fruit
Tarija	Concepción	69.00	maize, flour
		92.00	potatoes, ocas
		46.00	firewood
	Entre Rios	92.00	potatoes
	Padcaya	69.00	maize, ocas
	Padcaya	92.00	potatoes
	Pampa Redondo	69.00	maize
	Pampa Redondo	92.00	potatoes, "papaliza"
	San Lorenzo	69.00	maize, ocas
	San Lorenzo	92.00	potatoes
	Tarija	69.00	maize, barley
	Tarija	92.00	potatoes
	Yacuiba	69.00	grain
Cochabamba	Aiquile	57.5	grains
	Aiquile	92.00	ocas, potatoes
	Arani	55.20	grains
	Arque	100.20	potatoes
		64.00	maize
		160.00	wheat
	Cliza	100.00	ocas
	Cliza	100.28	potatoes
	Cochabamba	100.28	potatoes
	Cochabamba	30.00	ocas
	Mizque	100.28	ocas, potatoes
	Punata	100.28	papas
	Quillacollo	50.00	maize, wheat
	Quillacollo	100.00	potatoes, ocas
	Sacaba	101.20	grains
		57.50	coca
		100.00	potatoes
	Tarata	71.40	maize
		82.92	wheat
		66.32	grain
	Totora	115.00	potatoes
	Villa Viscarra	82.80	grain

[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.

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In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of land area:

Department	Town	Area in square meters
Chuquisaca	Tarabuco	300
Chuquisaca	Zuadañez	7,000
La Paz	Inquisivi	3,500
Cochabamba	Quillacollo	14,489.01
Potosi	Cotagaita	16,000
Oruro	Huanuni	160
Tarija	Padcaya	420

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