Chela (unit)

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Chela was a volume measure for dry goods in Somaliland .

1 chela = 1.359 liters
1 tabla = 15 chela = 20.4 liters
1 Gisla = 120 chela

literature

Edward Wight Washburn : International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology. Volume 1, Mc Graw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York 1926, p. 12.