cuadra

Various South American units of length or area, 20^th century:

country	unit of distance	unit of area
Argentina	129.9 meters (about 142.1 yards)	16,870 square meters (about 4.17 acres). Senillosa (1835) reported that the cuadra in the city was a square 140 varas on a side (so about 14,700 square meters), and in the countryside 100 varas in a side (so about 7500 sq. meters).
Bolivia	100 meters. [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.	not used
Chile	approximately 125.39 meters (about 137.13 yards)	approximately 15,725 square meters (about 3.8857 acres).¹
Colombia	approximately 80 meters.¹	—
Ecuador	approximately 84.0 meters.	approximately 7,056 square meters, approximately 70.56 acres.¹
El Salvador		= 70 square meters. Technical Factors..., 1972, page 154.
Paraguay	approximately 86.66 meters.	approximately 7,500 square meters (1.85 acres).¹
Peru	—	1 hectare.¹
Uruguay	approximately 85.9 meters	approximately 7,379 square meters.
western Venezuela	—	6400 to 18000 square meters (1.58 — 4.45 acres).¹