町 or 丁 In Japan, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of length, = 60 ken = 360 shaku = 109 ¹/11 (that is, 1200/11, or about 109.0909) meters.
The “square chō” is not equal to 3600 square ken, but rather an area 50 ken by 60 ken, 3000 square ken.
United Nations, 1966.
町 In Japan and the Ryukyu Islands, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of area used for hilly or mountainous land, = 10 tan, approximately 9917.3554 square meters (approximately 2.451 acres). Also called a chōbu.
United Nations, 1966.
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