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pesada

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In Bolivia, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, various units of mass:

Department	Town	Mass in kilograms	Commodity
Cochabamba	Aiquile	57.50	maize
		46.00	flour
		104.00	muku (salivated flour used to make a type of chicha)
	Capinota	100.28	potatoes, ocas
	Mizque	59.80	grain
	Tarata	100.28	potatoes
Potosi	Arampampa	100.20	potatoes
	Colquechaca	78.20	potatoes
	Sacaca	100.00	potatoes
	Uyuni	49.68	potatoes
Oruro	Challapata	52.90	potatoes
		48.30	maize
		64.40	chuño
	Huanuni	96.60	potatoes, naturally-dehydrated potatoes (papalizas)

[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 23, 31 and 35. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

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In Argentina, various units of mass:

The old pesada of Entre Rios, for dry hides, = 40 libras; for salted hides, = 75 libras.

The pesada of Jujuy this link goes to a new page province= 20 libras. It was also called an arroba.

In Buenos Aires, the pesada for small hides, = 18 libras.

Juan Alvarez.
Temas de Historia Economica Argentina.