Alqueire paulista
The alqueire paulista is a traditional Brazilian land area unit originating in the state of São Paulo. Symbolized as alqueire paulista, it is defined as exactly 24,200 square metres (2.42 hectares), corresponding to 5,000 square braças. Derived from colonial grain-volumetric standards adapted for surveying, it remains a common informal unit in regional agriculture alongside the SI derived unit of surface area, the square metre.
Metric
- Square kilometre (km²)0.02
- Hectare (ha)2.42
- Are (a)242
- Square metre (m²)24,200
- Square decimetre (dm²)2,420,000
- Square centimetre (cm²)242,000,000
- Square millimetre (mm²)2.42×10¹⁰
- Square micrometre (µm²)2.42×10¹⁶
- Square nanometre (nm²)2.42×10²²
British/American
- Township2.6×10⁻⁴
- Square mile0.01
- Homestead0.04
- Acre5.98
- Rood23.92
- Square rod956.79
- Square2,604.87
- Square yard (yr²)28,942.96
- Square foot (ft²)260,486.62
- Square inch (in²)37,510,072.6
Other
- Metric dunam24.2
- Cypriot dunam18.09
- Iraqi dunam9.68
- Football pitch3.39
Brazilian
- Alqueire paulista1
- Alqueire mineiro0.5
- Alqueire baiano0.25
- Alqueire do norte0.89