Tonelada

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Tonelada is the Spanish expression for a metric barrel . Before the metric ton caught on, however, Tonelada was a shipping weight that was used in the Spanish and Portuguese economic areas, but had different classifications. This is how a tonelada called:

Country Measure / application Subdivision metric equivalent
Spain Piece measure 20 quintales = 80 arobas 920.186 kg
Portugal, Brazil for liquids 2 pipas or 60 almuds
Argentina, Uruguay for liquids and as a grain measure 1/2 Lastre 1029 l
Portugal Weight measure 54 arrobas 793.15 kg
Chile for guano 920 kg
Uruguay for guano 918.8 kg

A Spanish tonelada was equivalent to German pounds in 1842 , and a Portuguese tonelada was equivalent to 1586 pounds.

The British ton was often used for shipments, but in Brazil a tonelada of 70 arrobas = 1028 kg was calculated for hard coal .

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