Objectives: Learn about the popular units in Guatemaala Know and understand why the people use a combination

of measurement systems In the present in Guatemala the measurement used is the metric system but in here also use other measurements units. This ther measurements includes the vara and cuadra that are linear measurements

The present work shown below is about the measurements used in Guatemala, the measurement system used in Guatemala is the metric system, however there are some other measurement units that are used from other measurement systems like the English system, and some form the Spanish system.

Among the Guatemalan units of measurement some are based on old Spanish units; they include the vara and cuadra linear measurements; the vara cuadrada, the manzana and the cuerda units of area; and the libra, arroba, quintal and garrafn units of weight and volume. The vara cuadrada or square vara is commonly used in land transactions in Guatemala and 10,000 square varas equal one manzana.[2] One square vara equals 0.6987 square metres (7.521 sq ft), while one manzana equals 6,987 square metres (1.727 acres).[2] The term cuerda can refer to areas of different sizes. Cuerdas can refer to areas that are 50 x 50, 40 x 40, 30 x 30, 25 x 25 or 20 x 20 varas (i.e. 2500, 1600, 900, 625, or 400 square varas).[3] In addition, some sources describe a cuerda as 32 x 32 varas. In Guatemala, the

linear vara is 0.8421 meters. (The length of vara varies slightly among different Latin American countries.) One cuerda of 50 x 50 varas = 1,746.84 square meters One cuerda of 40 x 40 varas = 1,117.98 square meters One cuerda of 30 x 30 varas = 628.87 square meters One cuerda of 25 x 25 varas = 436.71 square meters One cuerda of 20 x 20 varas = 279.50 square meters A Spanish pound (libra) is 460 grams.[2]