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Cuerda


A cuerda is a traditional unit of area used mainly in Puerto Rico to measure land.



  • 1 cuerda โ‰ˆ 3,930 square meters โ‰ˆ 0.97 acres.



  • It is commonly used in real estate and agriculture on the island.



The cuerda remains a popular local measurement for land despite the use of metric units.


Section


A section is a land measurement unit used in the United States Public Land Survey System (PLSS). It refers to a square area that is 1 mile on each side, covering:



  • 1 square mile



  • 640 acres



  • Approximately 2.59 square kilometers



Sections are the basic units within a township (which contains 36 sections) and are commonly used for legal land descriptions and property boundaries.



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