Cuerda

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The term "cuerda" (and "Spanish acre") refers to various units of measurement in some Spanish-speaking regions, including Spain,[1] Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Cuba,[2] and Paraguay.[1]

In Puerto Rico, a cuerda is a traditional unit of land area, as nearly 3,930 square meters,[1][2] or 4,700 square yards, 0.971 acre, or 0.393 hectare (ha). The precise conversion is 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m2.[1] The term "Spanish acre" instead has been used sometimes by mainlanders.[2] A cuerda and an acre have often been treated as equal because they are nearly the same size.

In Cuba, a cuerda is a traditional unit of volume for firewood,[2] about 21% smaller than the U.S. cord. A cuerda of firewood is equivalent to 0.79 cord or 2.87 cubic meters (128 cubic pies).[2]

In Guatemala, a cuerda is a traditional unit of distance, equal to exactly 25 varas[2] or almost 21 meters (nearly 69 feet). The cuerda is also an area measure, squaring the distance, or 625 square varas (25×25, about 527 sq yd or 440 m2).[2]

In Spain, a cuerda was a unit of length, during the 19th century, of nearly 6.889 m (approx. 7.554 yd).[1] However, in Valencia, Spain, the cuerda measured 40 varas, over 5.4 times longer, as nearly 37.21 m (approx. 40.7 yd).[1]

See also

  • cusec, shorthand for cubic feet per second

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Units - Cuerda", Sizes.com, Puerto Rico Act 135, section 4 (page 100), 1913–14, as amended by Act No. 3, 1913–14: a cuerda (abbreviation "cda"), quote: "[i]n land measurements and records[, is] the measurement...customarily used in Porto [sic] Rico...equivalent to 3,930.395625 square meters... [i.e.,] a unit of land area" as nearly 3,930 square meters (approx. 0.971 acres).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Units: C", The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, webpage: UNC-Rowlett.
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