In Guatemala the metric system is official but it [clarification needed] uses a mixture of U.S., metric and Spanish customary units.
In May 1910 most of Central America adopted a common system of measurements.
[2] The term cuerda can refer to areas of different sizes.
[3] In addition, some sources describe a cuerda as 32 x 32 varas.
(The length of vara varies slightly among different Latin American countries.)