Fanega

The Fanega, depending on the region or even Fanegada Fanga was when volume and measure of grain in Brazil, Portugal, Spain and several South American countries with different sizes in application. The second application was as a square measure in Spain. The measure can be regarded as a Spanish- Portuguese. An ancient grain, Volume, it is still used, with values ​​between 55.4 liters and 4 hectoliters in South and Central America. The most commonly used value is 55.4 liters, in medieval Castile, there were 55.5 liters.

Volume measure

General was

In Spain, the chain components was different and it was

• Generally 1 Fanega = 12 = 48 Almudes Quartillos Bilbao / Vizcaya Province Fanega 1 = 3033 = 60 liters
• Province of A Coruña / Galicia 1 Fanega = 4 Ferrados = 3204 = 63 ½ liters
• Ferrol / Galicia Fanega 1 = 3588 = 71 liters
• Madrid 1 Fanega ( Castilian ) = 240 1/12 = 4 ¾ liter
• Oviedo / Asturias Fanega 1 = 3841 = 76 1/9 liters
• Santander / Burgos Fanega 1 = 2776 = 55 liters

Square measure

A Fanega designated and the area which is needed to produce a Fanega grain. For example, were the Castile 6459.6 square meters. In Spain, the measure was as a land surveyor and very different.

The royal measure was the Fanega de marco real. Legally the measure had 24 times 24, ie 576 square Estadales.

• 60 Fanegas = 1 Caballeria = about 387.3739 Ar