In Spain, two units:
In Venezuela
,
20th century, two units:
In Argentina, ? – 20th centuries, a unit of dry capacity, about 34.2 liters.
Technical Factors ..., 1972, page 88.
In Ecuador, 20th century (UN 1966), a unit of mass, approximately 23.0 kilograms (approximately 50.7 pounds av.).
In Bolivia, ? – 20th century, various units of capacity:
| Department | Town | Volume in liters |
Commodity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuquisaca | Azurduy, H. Siles, Yotala | 3.37 | |
| Camargo, Tarabuco, Villa Busch | 3.75 | ||
| Sud Cinti | 8.12 | ||
| La Paz | Apolo | 3.75 | |
| Pelechuco | 3.30 | ||
| Cochabamba | Arque | 6.75 | chicha |
| Arani | 4.00 | chicha | |
| Cliza | 3.75 | ||
| Punata | 6.00 | ||
| Quillacollo | 3.37 | chicha | |
| Sacaba | 1.50 | ||
| Tarata | 6 | ||
| Potosi | Betanzos, Colquechaca, Cotagaita, Potosi, Tupiza, Uncia | 3.37 | |
| Millares | 4.00 | ||
| Ocurí | 3.80 | ||
| Otuyo | 12.00 | ||
| Puna | 6.00 | ||
| Sacaca, Vitichi | 3.00 | ||
| Tumusla | 3.20 | ||
| Vilacaya | 5.75 | ||
| Oruro | Huanuni, Poopó | 3.00 | |
| Oruro | 3.00 | chicha | |
| Santa Cruz | Buena Vista, Montero | 6.75 | |
| Lagunillas | 3.75 | ||
| Tarija | Concepción, Padcaya | 3.37 | |
| Pampa Redond | 3.33 | ||
| San Lorenzo | 5.75 | ||
| Tarija | 3.75 | wine | |
| 7.50 |
[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.
Pages 9, 13, 19, 27, 34, 37 and 41. (Page numbering is not continuous.)
and various units of mass:
| Department | Town | Mass in kilograms |
Commodity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuquisaca | Zudanez | 27 | grain |
| La Paz | Quime | 17.90 | grain |
| Potosi | Tupiza | 16.10 | grain |
| Tarija | Tarija | 2.76 | grain |
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.Pages 11, 15, 30 and 42.
and a unit of land area in the town of Salinas de G. Mendoza in the department of Oruro, 2000 square meters.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia. Page 36.
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