In El Salvador, 20ᵗʰ century, a measure of capacity or mass, equivalent to 1 cubic meter or 1 short ton (approximately 907.184 kilograms). A truckload; compare camionada.
United Nations, 1966.
In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, various units of mass:
Department | Town | Mass in kilograms |
Commodity |
---|---|---|---|
Chuquisaca | Monteagudo | 598 | maize, firewood |
Santa Cruz | Guarayos | 575 | sugar cane |
Beni | Loreto | 287.50 | fruit |
[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 10, 38 and 45. (Page numbering is not continuous.)
In Madriz, Nicaragua, 21st century, a unit of capacity used for firewood, = 365 rajas.
Heberto José Linarte Cardoza.
Uso de la Ley de Metrología en Nicaragua.
Paper presented at III Congreso Nacional de Educación, UNAN-Managua, 2012.
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