| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|punto | "point" | 1/1,728 | 0.1613 mm | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|línea | 1/144 | 1.935 mm | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|pulgada | "inch" | 1/12 | 23.216 mm | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|pie | "foot" | 1 | 278.6 mm | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara | "yard" | 3 | 0.8359 m | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|paso | "pace" | 5 | 1.3932 m | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|milla | "mile" | 5,000 | 1.3932 km | |
| Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|legua | 15,000 | 4.1795 km |
There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still encountered in some transactions in land today.
A Spanish; Castilian: '''vara''' (meaning "rod" or "pole", abbreviation: var) is an old Spanish unit of length. Varas are a surveying unit that appear in many deeds in the southern United States due to them previously being part of Mexico, they became part of the United States due to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Varas were also used in many parts of Latin America. It varied in size at various times and places; the Spanish unit was set at about 835.9052NaN2 in 1801. In Argentina, the vara measured about 8661NaN1, and typical urban lots are 8.662NaN2 wide (10 Argentine varas). At some time a value of 33inches was adopted in California.
In Texas, a Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara was defined as NaNinches, or 1 yard = 1.08 Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara. The Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara and the corresponding unit of area, the square Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara, were introduced in the 19th century to measure Spanish land grants. Stephen F. Austin's early surveying contracts required that he use the Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara as a standard unit. The Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara can be seen in many deeds as late as the mid to late 1900s. 13NaN3 is equivalent to 5,645.376 Texan square Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas. A league is equivalent to 5,000 Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas squared or 4428.4acres.
Standardisation of measurement in Texas came with the introduction of Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas, cordeles, and leagues.
A measure of 100 by 100 Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas (Spanish) is almost 7000 square meters, and is known traditionally throughout Spain and Latin America as a Spanish; Castilian: [[Manzana (unit)|manzana]] (i.e., a "city block"). As well, lumber is still measured in Costa Rica using a system based on 4 Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|vara, or 11 feet, for both round and square wood. With square wood, using inches, the width is multiplied by the depth to get a measurement called Spanish; Castilian: pulgadas, or inches. The lumber is charged 'per inch', which is a measurement of NaNbdft.
The Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|'''labor''' (in West Texas) is a unit of area, used to express an area of land, that is equal to 1 million square Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas. A Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|labor is equivalent to about 177.12NaN2. It was used in the archaic system of old Spanish land grants affecting Texas and parts of adjoining states. The Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|labor is often used as an approximate equivalent to a quarter-section (that is, one quarter of a square mile of land). It is still encountered in modern real estate transactions.
A league can also be a unit of area, used to express the area of land, that is equal to 25 million square Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|varas. A (square) league is equivalent to about 4428.42NaN2. It was used in the archaic system of old Spanish land grants affecting Texas and parts of adjoining states and this use of league is used throughout the Texas Constitution.
A common Texas land grant size, discussed in James A. Michener's Texas, was a "Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|labor and a league": a Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|labor of good riparian land and a (square) league of land away from the river.
The (square) league is still encountered in modern real estate transactions.
The palmo ("palm") measured the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger with all fingers splayed. Its standardized value is 20.873cm (08.218inches) (9 pulgadas). Half of a palmo in Castile was called the coto, described as six fingers and defined as 10.43655NaN5. The ancient Romans had a similar, smaller unit called the palmus, which was 7.39255NaN5.
Although some standardisation was achieved with the law of 1801, particularly in defining the league as Spanish; Castilian: varas long, varying measures continued to be used in various cities and regions.[1]
| Town | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Vara (m) | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Libra (kg) | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|(Media) Cántara[2] or Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|[[Arroba]] (wine) (l) | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Arroba (oil) (l) | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Media [[Fanega]] (l) | Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Legua (km) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alava | 0.836 | 0.4601 | 16.133 | 12.563 | 55.501 (Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Fanega[3]) | 5.5727 | |
| Albacete | 0.837 | 0.458 | 6.365 | 28.325 | |||
| Alicante | 0.912 | 0.533 | 0.60 | 11.55 | 20.775 | 5.555 | |
| Almería | 0.833 | 0.460 | 8.18 | 27.531 | 5.573 | ||
| Ávila | 0.836 | 0.460[4] | 7.96 | 28.20 | |||
| Badajoz | 0.836 | 0.460 | 8.21 | 6.21 | 27.92 | 5.573 | |
| Balearic Islands | 0.782 | 0.407 | 35.17 | ||||
| Barcelona | 1.555 | 0.400[5] | 30.35 | 4.15 | 34.759 | ||
| Burgos | 0.836[6] | 0.4001 | 7.05 | 27.17 | 5.573 | ||
| Cáceres | 0.836 | 0.456 | 1.73 | 1.60 | 26.88 | ||
| Cádiz | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.922 | 6.26 | 5.573 | ||
| Canary Islands | 0.842 | 0.460 | 5.08 (Santa Cruz) 5.34 (Las Palmas) | 31.33 (Santa Cruz) | |||
| Castellón | 0.906 | 0.358 | 11.27 | 12.14 | 16.60 | 5.573 | |
| Ciudad Real | 0.839 | 0.460 | 8.00 | 6.22 | 27.29 | 6.687 | |
| Córdoba | 0.836 | 0.460 | 16.31 | 27.60 | 5.573 | ||
| A Coruña | 0.843 | 0.575 | 15.58 (wine) 16.43 (Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|Aguardiente) | 12.43 | 16.15 (flour) | 5.573 | |
| Cuenca | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.88 | 27.10 | |||
| Girona | 1.559 | 0.400 | 15.48 | 18.08 | 3.762[7] | ||
| Granada | 0.836 | 0.460 | 8.21 | 27.35 | 5.573 | ||
| Guadalajara | 0.836 | 0.460 | 8.21 | 27.40 | |||
| Guipuzcoa | 0.837 | 0.492 | 27.65 | ||||
| Huelva | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.89 | 27.531 | 5.573 | ||
| Huesca | 0.772 | 0.351 | 9.98 | 0.37 | 22.46 | 4.1173 | |
| Jaén | 0.839 | 0.460 | 8.02 | 7.12 | 27.37 | ||
| León | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.92 | 18.11 | |||
| Lleida | 0.778 | 0.401 | 11.38 | 18.34 | |||
| Logroño | 0.837 | 0.460 | 16.04 | 27.47 | 5.573 | ||
| Lugo | 0.855 | 0.573 | 0.47 | 13.13 | |||
| Madrid | 0.843 | 0.460 | 8.15 | 27.67 | 5.573 | ||
| Málaga | 0.836 | 0.460 | 8.33 | 26.97 | 5.573 | ||
| Murcia | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.80 | 27.64 | 5.573 | ||
| Navarra | 0.785 | 0.372 | 11.77 | 0.41 | 28.13 | 5.495 | |
| Ourense | 0.836 | 0.574 | 15.96 | 13.88 | 18.79 | ||
| Palencia | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.88 | 6.12 | 27.7505 | ||
| Pontevedra | 0.836 | 0.579 | 16.35 | 15.58 | 20.86 | ||
| Salamanca | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.99 | 27.29 | 5.573 | ||
| Segovia | 0.837 | 0.460 | 8 | 27.30 | |||
| Sevilla | 0.836 | 0.460 | 15.66 | 27.35 | 5.573 | ||
| Soria | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.90 | 27.57 | |||
| Teruel | 0.768 | 0.367 | 10.96 | 21.40 | 5.573 | ||
| Toledo | 0.837 | 0.460 | 8.12 | 6.25 | 27.75 | 5.573 | |
| Valencia | 0.906 | 0.355 | 10.77 | 11.93 | 16.75 | ||
| Valladolid | 0.836 | 0.460 | 7.82 | 27.39 | 5.573 | ||
| Vizcaya | 0.836 | 0.488 | 6.74 | 28.46 | 5.573 | ||
| Zaragoza | 0.772 | 0.350 | 9.91 | 13.93 (aceite) 13.33 (Spanish; Castilian: italic=no|aguardiente) | 22.42 | 5.573 |