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Almud

Almud

The almud is a unit of measurement of volume used in France, Spain and in parts of the Americas that were colonized by each country. The word comes from the Arabic al-múdd." The exact value of the almud was different from region to region, and also varied according to the nature of the measured good. In Portugal the name almude was used and their values were much larger than the Spanish ones. It is still used in rural Mexico, Panama, Chile and other countries. An almud is a box with internal marks, indicating different measurements.

A ½ almud measuring box

It was also used to name a given surface of land, said surface corresponding to how much could be seeded with the quantity of grain contained in an almud.

  • Iberian Spain: 4.625 liters
    • Canary Islands, at Las Palmas: 5.50 liters
    • Canary Islands, at La Guia: 5.68 liters. Commented out, because there is no reference of a place called La Guia at the Canary Islands --
  • Argentina
    • Córdoba: 18.08 liters
    • Corrientes: 21.49 liters
    • Mendoza: 9.31 liters
  • Belize: 5.683 liters
  • Chile: 8.08 liters
  • Mexico: 7.568 liters
  • Philippines: 1.76 liters
  • Puerto Rico: 20 liters
  • United States, New Mexico: 412.71 cubic inches, approximately 6.76 liters.

As unit of mass

In some South American countries an almud was a unit of mass.

  • Bolivia
    • Tarata, Cochabamba: 7.36 kg.
    • Arampampa, Potosí: 4.14 kg.
    • Buena Vista, Santa Cruz: 14.72 kg.
  • Ecuador: 12.88 kg.
  • Venezuela: varied between 9 and 50 kg.

References

References

  1. Russ Rowlett, [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html ''How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement''], University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. Sizes.com, [http://www.sizes.com/units/almud.htm almud]
  3. [https://diksiyonaryo.ph/search/almud Diksiyonaryo.ph]
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