See also almude.
From the Arabic, from the Latin modius.
In Spain, a unit of dry capacity, about 4.63 liters.
In the Canary Islands, at Las Palmas 5.50 liters, but at La Guia, 5.68 liters.
In , ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of dry capacity used for cereals, approximately 8.08 liters (approximately 7.34 U. S. dry quarts).
United Nations, 1966.
Technical Factors..., 1972, page 132.
In Ecuador, ? – 20ᵗʰ century , a unit of mass,
= 28 libras = 12.88 kilograms (approximately 28.4
pounds av.).
United Nations, 1966.
Technical Factors..., 1972, page 150.
In Mexico, ? – 20ᵗʰ century , a unit of dry capacity, approximately 7.568 liters (approximately 6.87 U.S. dry quarts).
United Nations, 1966.
In Venezuela , ? – 20ᵗʰ century, two units:
United Nations, 1966.
In Belize ,
? – 20ᵗʰ century , a unit of capacity, = 5 imperial quarts (approximately 5.683 liters).
United Nations, 1966.
In Puerto Rico, a unit of capacity = 20 liters, defined by Mandatory Decree No. 58, Agricultural Phase of the Coffee Industry.
www.lexjuris.com/JSM/lexdm58.htm
In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, various units of mass:
Department | Town | Mass in kilograms |
Commodity |
---|---|---|---|
Cochabamba | Tarata | 7.36 | grain |
Potosi | Arampampa | 4.14 | grain |
Sacaca | 3 | grain | |
Santa Cruz | Buena Vista | 14.72 | grain |
Montero | 14.72 | rice | |
16.10 | maize | ||
Portachuelo | 14.72 | rice | |
Santa Cruz | 13.80 | grain | |
Warnes | 14.72 | rice | |
16.10 | maize |
[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.
Page 21, 29 and 38. (Page numbering is not continuous.)
In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, various units of land area:
Department | Town | Area in square meters |
---|---|---|
Chuquisaca | Azurduy | 15 |
Cochabamba | Arque, Cliza, Cochabamba, Punata, Sacaba, Tarata | 905.50 |
Aiquile | 804.90 | |
Capinota | 804.00 | |
Quillacollo | 804.95 | |
Potosi | Arampampa, Potosi, Uyuni | 905.50 |
Cotagaita, Puna | 1,000.00 | |
Santa Cruz | Concepción | 100 |
Lagunillas | 905.50 | |
Montero | 1000 | |
Portachuelo | 8400 | |
Santa Cruz | 840 | |
San Josè | 7056 | |
Tarija | San Lorenzo | 967.68 |
Beni | Loreto | 7,056 |
Reyes, San Borja, San Ignacio | 8,400 | |
Santa Ana | 640 | |
Pando | Las Piedras | 10,000 |
[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.
Page 12, 25, 31, 40, 44, 46 and 48. (Page numbering is not continuous.)
In the Territory of New Mexico of the United States, by an act of 12 January 1852, the almud was legalized as a unit of capacity = 1/6 of a half fanega, which was defined as 2476¼ cubic inches, making the almud 412.71 cubic inches.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Construction and Distribution of Weights and Measures.
Senate. 34th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 27.
Washington: A.O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857.
Page 83. The author of the report was A. D. Bache.
In Argentina
Locale | Liters | |
---|---|---|
Santa Fe | 18.33 | |
Corrientes | 21.49 | |
Santiago | 28.93 | |
Salta | old almud, fanega = 10 almudes | 25.09 |
new almud, fanega = 12 almudes | 31.43 | |
Tucuman | 28.50 | |
30.88 | ||
Cordoba | 18.08 | |
San Juan | 11.45 | |
Mendoza | 9.31 | |
Catamarca | 17.73 | |
Rioja | 16.50 | |
San Luis | 16.76 |
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