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frasco

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In the Cape Verde Islands, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of liquid capacity, approximately 2.45 liters.

United Nations, 1966.

2

In Cuba, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of capacity, approximately 2.1751 liters.

United Nations, 1966.

3

In Paraguay, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of liquid capacity, approximately 3.029 liters.

United Nations, 1966.

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In Argentina, a unit of liquid capacity, 2.375 liters (about 2.51 U.S. liquid quarts).

In Buenos Aires, a standard of 1822 made the frasco 2.319 liters, and one of 1833 made it 2.379 liters. A decree of 18 December 1835 made the frasco 170⅝ cubic pulgadas.

Province	Size of frasco in liters
Buenos Aires	2.375
Santa Fe	na
Entre Rios	2.255
Corrientes	2.604
Córdoba	2.501
Santiago	2.40
Tucumán	2.375
Salta*	2.50
Catamarca	2.604
La Rioja	2.50
Jujuy	2.222
Mendoza	2.235
San Juan	na

* An ordinance of the city of Salta on 21 July 1879 declared the frasco to be 2.375137 liters.

Juan Alvarez.
Temas de Historia Económica Argentina.
Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1929.

Pages 153-154, 178.

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In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, in the town of Yotala in the department of Chuquisaca, a unit of liquid capacity, = 3.25 liters.

[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.

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