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Vara de Tarea

The vara de tarea is a traditional Spanish and Latin American unit of area used especially in land measurement and agriculture. It combines the vara, a unit of length, with the tarea, a unit of area.

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  The vara is roughly 33 inches (about 0.84 meters), though it varies by region.

  
  
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  A tarea typically refers to an area equal to 100 square varas, but this can differ locally.

  
  
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  Therefore, a vara de tarea is often used to express land area based on square varas.

  
  

This unit remains in use in some rural parts of Latin America for land deeds and agricultural measurements, reflecting historical Spanish colonial measurement systems.

Summary:

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  Vara ≈ 0.84 meters

  
  
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  Tarea ≈ 100 square varas (area)

  
  
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  Vara de tarea = unit combining length and area for land measurement

  
  
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  Common in Spanish-speaking countries’ historical land records

  
  

Chain

A chain is a unit of length traditionally used in land surveying. The most common version is the Gunter’s chain, which equals 66 feet or 22 yards, approximately 20.1168 meters.

The chain was introduced by English clergyman Edmund Gunter in the 17th century to simplify land measurement. One chain consists of 100 links, each 0.66 feet long. It became a standard unit in British and American land surveying and was instrumental in defining land areas, especially in the U.S. Public Land Survey System.

Key Conversions:

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  1 chain = 66 feet

  
  
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  1 chain = 22 yards

  
  
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  1 chain ≈ 20.1168 meters

  
  
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  10 chains = 1 furlong

  
  
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  80 chains = 1 mile

  
  

Though now largely replaced by metric units and modern surveying tools, the chain still appears in older land deeds, maps, and rural property descriptions.