In the Mexican state of Chiapas, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a premetric unit used for unshelled corn (maize), = 20 zontles, either 8,000 cobs, 1,570 liters or 1,100 kilograms, all presumably the same amount of corn.
Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Secretaria de la Economia Nacional, Direccion General de Estadistica.
Medidas Regionales. Censo Agricola Ganadero de 1930.
Mexico D.F.: 1933.
Pages 28, 34 and 35.
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