What does "Superficie en manzanas" means?

Question

Hi,

I am now looking at crop statistics data of Guatemala. I am particularly interested at their rice statistics. I just could not translate a portion of a table's title which says "Cuadro B-5. Arroz (En Granza): Número De Fincas, Superficie Cosechada Y Producción Obtenida En El Año Agrícola 2007/ 2008, En La República, Por Semestre, Según Departamento Y Calidad De La Estimación (Superficie En Manzanas Y Producción En Quintales)"

I need to convert the units of measures of crop area and production into hectares and tons, respectively. But I could not get the translation for "manzanas" and its equivalent unit of measure.

I hope you could help me with this one.

thank you very much!

Lorena Villano Philippines

Answer 1

'Manzanas' must refer to a land measurement equivalent to a 'square' or a block of houses.

In some Spanish speaking countries a "manzana" is a surface covering a square of 100 metres a side.

You should cross-check it though as I'm not specifically familiar with measurements in Guatemala, but I'm sure I'm on the right direction.

Manzana can vary when referring to city blocks - pacofinkler, Sep 28, 2011

I know there can be irregular ones but they are meant to be 100 mts a side - geouk, Sep 29, 2011

Answer 2

Found this for measures in Guatemala:

1 hectare = 2.25 acres = 1.43 manzanas ..Guatemala

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1 quinta métrico = 100 Kg

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Answer 3

En el DRAE sale esta definición: manzana

1. f. Espacio urbano, edificado o destinado a la edificación, generalmente cuadrangular, delimitado por calles por todos sus lados.

Which would (like the English "block") imply an imprecise measurement of area. - samdie, Sep 29, 2011