Manzana (unit)

A manzana is a unit of area used in Argentina and in many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas in Spanish customary units.

[1] In other Spanish-speaking regions, the term has the meaning of a city block.

[2] Today its size varies between countries: If a vara is taken as 83.59 cm, then a manzana of 10,000 square varas 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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