Manzana (unit)
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A is a unit of area used in Argentina and in many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square in Spanish customary units. In other Spanish-speaking regions, the term has the meaning of a city block. Today its size varies between countries: * In Argentina it is a
hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...
, 10,000 m2. * In most Central American countries it is about , varying between countries. * In Belize it is . * In Nicaragua it is . If a is taken as 83.59 cm, then a of 10,000 square s is equal to 6,987.29 m2. In calculations, the approximate value of 7000 m2 (or equivalently 0.7 ha) is often used to simplify conversion.


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Honduran units of measurement 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, Nicara ...


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manzana definition on sizes.com
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