A number of units of measurement were used in Peru to measure length, mass, area, etc. Metric system adopted in 1862 and has been compulsory since 1869 in Peru.
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System before metric system
Units from Spanish Castillian were used.
Length
One vara was equal to 0.835 98 m. One pie was equal to 0.278 66 m.
Mass
Several units were used to measure mass. One libra was equal to 0.460 09 kg. Some other units are given below:
1 arroba = 25 libra
1 quintal = 100 libra
1 fanega = 140 libra.
Area
One topo was equal to 2706 m2. One fanegada was equal to 6459.6 m2.
References
Peruvian units of measurement Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA