Units Of Measurement

jccg says on Jan 15, 2006, 07:42:

That is the problem with British and gringos... Why not to use the most communly used sitem of units! MKS or cgs
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Now, a "cuadra" as far as I know is not in the MKS units sistems, but here people use "cuadra" to name what you call "block" (it is the most commun translation I have heard). "Cuadra" is a 100 metters long line, or a square of 100 metters per side (100m^2)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 15, 2006, 07:46:

what about "plaza"? anybody know how many square meters is that?

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mrgizmo says on Jan 15, 2006, 09:04:

here are the measurements of a CUADRA: 80 square meters and ECTAREA is 100 square meters

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ColombiaBoard says on Jan 15, 2006, 14:37:

CUADRA One CUADRA is aproximately 6,500 square meters

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