fanega

In Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, various units of capacity, mass and land area. Originally the fanega was a unit of dry capacity used for grain. It was also a unit of area, the amount of land that would be sown with a fanega of seed (see seed measures of land).

capacity
mass
land area

As a unit of capacity

Argentina	about 137 liters (about 3.89 U.S. bushels)
Colombia (UN 1966) Technical Factors..., 1972, page 134.	= 12 celemins, about 55.5 liters (about 1.57 U.S. bushel). Used for grain.
Dominican Republic (UN 1966), Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala (UN 1966), Ifni (UN 1966), and Spain (UN 1966) 20th century,	approximately 55.5 liter (about 1.57 U.S. bushel).
Chile, 20th century (UN 1966) Technical Factors..., 1972, page 132.	approximately 96.99 liters (about 2.75 U.S. bushels).
Costa Rica United Nations, 1966. Technical Factors..., 1972, page 137. [Costa Rica. Ministerio de formento.] Medidas y pesas del sistema métrico, y tablas de equivalencia con las antiguas. San José de Costa Rica: Imprenta nacional, 1885. Page 63.	The UN reported it at = 24 cajuelas, approximately 408.00 liters, 20th century. The 1885 government report described it as 399.84 liters. The same report describes a special fanega for lime that is 9 arrobas or 103.513 kilograms.
Cuba	3 U.S. bushels, about 105.7 liters
Honduras, 20th century (UN 1966)	approximately 1,102.8 liters.
Mexico, 20th century (UN 1966)	approximately 90.816 liters (about 2.577 U.S. bushels).
Morocco	56 liters
Paraguay, 20th century (UN 1966)	approximately 288 liters (about 8.17 U.S. bushels).
Peru	1½ imperial bushels
Portugal	55.364 liters
Spain Technical Factors..., 1972, page 157.	55.501 liters, dry capacity.
Venezuela	about 117.5 liters (about 3.33 U.S. bushels)

As a unit of mass

The fanega seems to have became a unit of mass only in the New World. In the 19th century, it was a unit of mass in the cocoa trade, approximately 51 kilograms (except in Maracaibo, where it was approximately 44 kilograms). In Havana, it was both a measure of capacity (approximately 109 liters) and mass (approximately 92 kilograms). (Doursther 1840, page 145.)

Bolivia

see fanega in Bolivia

Colombia

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 133.

25 kilograms, used for rice

Costa Rica, 20th century

UN 1966

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 137.

= 2 quintales = 92.00 kilograms

El Salvador, 20th century

UN 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 155.

UN (1966) says approximately 196 kilograms. Technical Factors lists four values:

in libra	in kg
432	199
480	221
600	276
720	331

Venezuela, 20th century (UN 1966)

a unit of mass used for cereals and root vegetables, varying in value from 46 to 400 kilograms (approximately 101 - 882 pounds av.).

Uruguay, 20th century
(UN 1966)

approximately 100 kilograms.

Ecuador, 20th century

UN 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 150.

= 200 libras = 2 quintals = 92.0 kilograms (approximately 202.8 pounds av.).

Nicaragua, 20th century (UN 1966)

approximately 161 kilograms (approximately 354.9 pounds av.).

As a unit of land area

Bolivia	see fanega in Bolivia
Mexico	3.57 hectares (about 8.81 acres)
Peru	1.615 acre, varies locally.
Spain and Ifni, 20th century (UN 1966)	approximately 6,439.56 square meters.
Venezuela, 20th century (UN 1966)	a unit of area varying in value from 4500 to 40,000 square meters.