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Square rod (sq rd; also perch, pole, lug) - traditional land area
Square rod is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square one rod on a side. Used in older land records and surveying alongside roods and acres.
- Symbols: sq rd, rd²; also “square perch”
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 sq rd = (16.5 ft)² = 272.25 ft² = (5.5 yd)² = 30.25 yd² = (5.0292 m)² = 25.29285264 m² (exact)
- Other relations: 40 sq rd = 1 rood; 160 sq rd = 1 acre; 16 sq rd = 1 square chain
- Typical examples: deed descriptions such as “2 roods 13 perches”; 19th-century cadastral plans
Cuerda (PR) - regional land area
Cuerda is a regional land-area unit used officially in Puerto Rico, defined by law as exactly 3,930.395625 square meters. Used in real estate, agriculture, and land records across Puerto Rico; historical values elsewhere vary by country and era.
- Names/aliases: cuerda, cuerdas (plural)
- System: Regional (Puerto Rico; non-SI, accepted alongside SI)
- Exact (Puerto Rico): 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m² = 0.3930395625 ha
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 cuerda ≈ 0.97122191 acres ≈ 42,306.4263 ft²
- Typical examples: parcel sizes, farm plots, zoning and cadastral documents in Puerto Rico