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A number of units of measurement were used in Honduras for length, mass, volume etc. In Honduras, the metric system was adopted in 1910, and has been compulsory since 1912, under a joint convention between Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.[1][2]
Pre-metric units
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Before the introduction of the metric system, a number of modified Spanish (Castilian[2]), English and local units were used, and continue to be used today by a large part of the country.[1]
Length
A number of units were used to measure length. One vara was equal to 0.836 m.[1][2] Some other units are given below:[1][2]
1 cuarta = 1⁄4 vara
1 tercia = 1⁄3 vara
1 mecate = 24 varas.
1 legua = 5,000 varas[3]
Area
The manzana was used by farmers to measure land area. For large areas, land was customarily measured in labors or legua.[3]
1 manzana = 10,000 vara2 = 1.727 acres = 6,989 m2 ≈ .7 hectare[a]
1 labor = 1 million vara2
1 legua[b] = 25 labors = 25 million vara2
Mass
Several units were used to measure mass in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Some units are given below:[1][2]
1 caja = 16 kg
Volume
Several units were used to measure capacity in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
1 botella = 0.63 to 0.67 L.[1][2]
1 cajuela = 16.6 L.[1]
1 cuartillo varies between countries,[1] but defined as 4 octavillos or 1/4 almude and contains 1.156 L ≈ 1.222 qt(US) (liquid) ≈ 1.017 qt(Imp)[3]
1 fanega = 12 almudes = 48 cuartillos ≈ 55.50 L ≈ 1.960 ft3 (1.575 U.S. bushels)[3]
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- In Honduras and El Salvador a sack of beans or coffee typically weighs one quintal. Two of these are loaded on a mule or horse to make one load, or carga in Spanish. The unit carga is cited for yuca and yams as approximately 90.72 kg.[4] There are other Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in which a carga is equal to 3 quintals or equal to a volume of 3 quintals of a commodity being shipped.[3]
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