Square varas?

Question

Honduras is the only country in the world that does land measurement in square varas (or so I am told). So, just how much land is 1 square vara? I will give you the correct answer tomorrow.

Sorry but I don`t think so. There are a lot of countries that still use the size " vara " like measurement of length. One " vara " is equal to 83.59 cm. ( this factor is different in each country ) and one square vara " is equal to 69.87 square meters. - Phantom_paradise, Nov 30, 2010

But do they measure land like that? We still technically have rods and furlongs in the U.S. but they aren't used for measuring square area for land. - KevinB, Dec 1, 2010

@ Phantom: Sorry, that doesn't quite make sense. If 1 vara= 83.59 centímeters (less than1 meter), there's no way a square vara (vara x vara) equals 69.87 square meters! It'd have to be less than 1 square meter! - Gekkosan, Dec 1, 2010

it seems a little small, for agriculture.. - annierats, Dec 7, 2011

Varas quadratas (quadratos) was also used in Mexico's area later to become Tejas (Texas) PS: Tejas was an American Indian word for "Friend" (loosely translated). - Archaeo, Dec 7, 2011

Answer 1

I have never heard of varas but in Spain land is still sold in fanegas and in England we have acres, in Sweden tunnland. Obvioulsy, these are outdated and officially replaced by the hectare but strangely all of them come out at about half a hectare and add up to the amount of land a man can work in a day... I'm just adding this out of interest, never having visted latin America.

Vara quadrata is actually an obsolete Portuguese area measure. Honduras apparently acquired the measure from Brazil. Thanks for the info. - Archaeo, Dec 7, 2011

Answer 2

A vara quadrata (V2) equals .70257924 square meters (M2). I own 10,000 V2 in Honduras, so I own 7,025.79 M2, or, 1.74 acres (10,000 V2 also equals one manzana in Honduras.

Answer 3

Phantom Paradise is the gold medal winner. In Honduras, for the purposes of land measurement one square vara is 33"x33". Good show!!!

Answer 4

I cheated, so I won't answer. La Wikipedia es su amiga.

sin artículo kevin - 00494d19, Dec 1, 2010

El título del enlace usa el artículo. Refiere a la versión en español. - KevinB, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 5

I looked on Wikipedia too and found out a bunch of stuff about varas.

Answer 6

hasta manana