
manzana
A unit of land area in many Central and South American countries, originally = 10,000
square varas, roughly two acres:
- Argentina
- 1 hectare (about 2.47 acres)
- Belize

- 8,353 square meters, approximately 2.064 acres (UN
1966)
- Costa Rica
- 6,988.96 square meters, approximately 1.7270 acres
United Nations,
1966.
[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.
- El Salvador
-
UN (1966)
reports it as 7,025.79 square meters, approximately 1.736 acres. However,
Technical Factors..., (1972, page 154) says
0.7 hectares.
- Guatemala
- 7,056 square meters, approximately 1.74 acres (UN
1966)
- Honduras
- 6,972.25 square meters, approximately 1.72 acres (UN
1966)
- Nicaragua
- 7,000 square meters, approximately 1.7 acres (UN
1966)
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