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).
| 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)
|
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).
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| Costa Rica
United Nations, 1966. Technical Factors..., 1972, page 137. [Costa Rica. Ministerio de formento.] 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) |
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:
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| 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.). |
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| Nicaragua, 20th century (UN 1966) | approximately 161 kilograms (approximately 354.9 pounds av.). |
| 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. |
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