A unit of length in Spain and its former dependencies, 1⁄36th of a vara.
Some 20th century values:
| Colombia, Spain, Honduras, and Panama | 2.32 centimeters (about 0.914 inch) |
| Costa Rica | 2.322 centimeters [Costa Rica. Ministerio de formento.] |
| Argentina, El Salvador, and the Phillipines | = 1 inch, 2.54 centimeters (UN, 1966) |
| Mexico | 2.328 centimeters (UN, 1966)
Galv�n Riviera, 1844. Excerpt in Spanish with English translation. |
| Nicaragua | 2.3 centimeters. (UN, 1966) |
| Paraguay | 2.406 centimeters. (UN, 1966) |
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