In the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, Mexico, a unit of mass used for sugar, varying with locality. In Chiapas it varied from 4 kilograms, or 4 panela, loaves of brown sugar, to as much as 20 kg in the municipality of Pinola. In Oaxaca, generally 8 kg.
Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Secretaria de la Economia Nacional, Direccion General de Estadistica.
Medidas Regionales. Censo Agricola Ganadero de 1930.
Mexico D.F.: 1933.
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