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Convert cuerda to section
Please provide values below to Convert cuerda to section, or vice versa.
What is a Cuerda?
A cuerda equals 3,930 square meters (0.971 acres) in Puerto Rico, but varies across Latin America. Derived from the rope (cuerda) used to measure fields, it's legally defined in Puerto Rican land transactions. Coffee farmers traditionally used 0.39 cuerda plots called 'cuerdas cortas'.
What is a Section?
A Section is a unit of area used in the United States for land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). A section is typically one mile by one mile, containing 640 acres, and is one of the 36 divisions of a township.
cuerda to section Conversion Table
| cuerda | section |
|---|---|
| 0.01 cuerda | 1.51753423474e-5 section |
| 0.1 cuerda | 0.000151753423474 section |
| 1 cuerda | 0.00151753423474 section |
| 2 cuerda | 0.00303506846948 section |
| 3 cuerda | 0.00455260270421 section |
| 5 cuerda | 0.00758767117369 section |
| 10 cuerda | 0.0151753423474 section |
| 20 cuerda | 0.0303506846948 section |
| 50 cuerda | 0.0758767117369 section |
| 100 cuerda | 0.151753423474 section |
| 1000 cuerda | 1.51753423474 section |
How to Convert cuerda to section
1 cuerda = 0.0015175342347383 section
1 section = 658.96371700139 cuerda
Example: convert 15 cuerda to section:
15 × 0.0015175342347383 = 0.022763013521074 section