title: Manzana (unit)
text: # Manzana (unit)
  
  A manzana is a unit of area used in Argentina and in many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas in Spanish customary units. In other Spanish-speaking regions, the term has the meaning of a city block.
  
  Today its size varies between countries:
  
  * In Argentina it is a hectare, 10,000 $m^2.$
  * In most Central American countries it is about 7,000 $m^2$ (1.7 acres), varying between countries.
  * In Belize it is 8,353 $m^2$ (2.064 acres).
  * In Nicaragua it is 7,042.25 $m^2$ (1.74018 acres).
  
  If a vara is taken as 83.59 cm, then a manzana of 10,000 square varas is equal to 6,987.29 $m^2.$ In calculations, the approximate value of 7000 $m^2$ (or equivalently 0.7 ha) is often used to simplify conversion.
  
  