Spain
pre-metric units of dry capacity

standard of Castile
Alicante
Aragon
Balearic Islands
Barcelona
Bilbao
Cadiz
Ferrol
Galicia
Grenada
Jerez
Mahon
Malaga
Palma
Pamplona
Santander
San Sebastian
Seville
Tarragona
Valencia

Most of the metric equivalents have been taken from Martini (1883) and reflect values in the mid-19^th century. Terms in maroon are in Catalan.

By the standard of Castile:

							cahiz
					fanega		12
				cuartilla		4	48
		almud or celemin			3	12	144
		medio		2	6	24	288
	cuartillo		2	4	12	48	576
racíon or ochavo		4	8	16	48	192	2304
ochavillo	4	16	32	64	192	768	9216
72.27 mL	289 mL	1.16 L	2.31 L	4.63 L	13.87 L	55.5 L	666 L

Altés (1832) says 1 fanega = 54.800000 L, standard of Avila.

In Alicante

			cahiz
		barchilla	12
	celemine	4	48
cuarteron	4	16	192
1.047 L	4.187 L	16.750 L	201.000 L

Altés (1832) says 1 barchilla = 20.102235 L and 1 cahiz = 241.226820 L.

In Aragón:

			cahiz
		fanega	8
	cuartal	3	24
celemin or almud	4	12	96
1.868 L	7.473 L	22.42 L	179.36 L

Altés (1832) says that in Saragossa 1 fanega = 22.550200 L and 1 cahiz = 180.401600 L..

In the Balearic Islands

	cuartera (quartera)
		barcella	6
	almud	6	36
Palma	1.954	11.724	70.344
Mahon	2.07 L	12.40 L	74.41 L

Salt in Palma
	lastre
modin	1½
932.254 L	1398.382 L

In Barcelona

				salma or tonelada (tona)
				carga	1 3/5
	cuartera (quartera)			2½	4
	cortan (quartà)		12	30	48
picotin (picotí)		4	48	120	192
mesureta	4	16	192	480	768
362 mL	1.448 L	5.793 L	69.518 L	173.795 L	278.072 L

Altés (1832) says 1 quartera = 71.000000 L.

In Bilbao

	fanega
celemin	12
4.74 L	56.92 L

Altés (1832) saysthat in Bilbao 1 fanega = 56.995698 L.

In Cadiz and Jerez

					lastre (of salt)
					cahiz	4
				fanega	12	48
		almud or celemin		12	144	576
	medio		2	24	288	1152
cuartillo		2	4	48	576	2304
racion	4	8	16	192	2304	9216
284 mL	1.136 L	2.273 L	4.545 L	54.544 L	654.53 L	2618.11 L

Altés (1832) says in Cadiz 1 fanega = 55.331590 L.

In Galicia

			fanega
		ferrado	4
	cuartillo	24	96
in A Coruña, for grain	673 mL	16.15 L	64.60 L
in A Coruña, for maize and beans (ferrado colmados, etc.)	870	20.87	83.48
in Ferrol	770	18.5	74.00

In A Coruña, 24 cuartillos colmados = 31 cuartillos.

In Lugo
			fanega
		ferrado	6
	celemin	2	12
cuartillo	4	8	48
- mL	- L	- L	- L

in Pontevedra
	ferrado
conca	12

in Ourense
	ferrado
copelo	24

In Grenada

				fanega
			cuartilla	4
		celemin	3	12
	cuartillo	4	12	48
ochavillo	4	16	48	192
284.90 mL	1.140 L	4.558 L	13.675 L	54.70 L

In Malaga

			fanega
	celemin		12
	cuartillo	4	48
racion	4	16	192
281 mL	1.124 L	4.495 L	53.940 L

Altés (1832) says that in Malaga 1 fanega = 54.684437 L.

In Pamplona

	robo
almud	16
1.758 L	28.13 L

In San Sebastian

	fanega
chilla	64
864.06 mL	55.30 L

Altés (1832) says that in San Sebastian 1 fanega = 59.191396 L.

In Santander

					cahiz
				fanega	12
			cuartilla	4	48
		celemin	3	12	144
	cuartillo	4	12	48	576
ochavillo	4	16	48	192	2304
285.625 mL	1.143 L	4.570 L	13.710 L	54.840 L	658.080 L

Altés (1832) says that in Santander 1 fanega = 54.730662 L.

In Seville

			fanega
		cuartilla	4
	celemine	3	12
cuartillo	4	12	48
1.140 L	4.556 L	13.675 L	54.700 L

Altés (1832) says in Seville 1 fanega = 54.268410 L

In Tarragona

			salma or tonelada
			carga	1 3/5
		cántara	2½	4
	cortan	12	30	48
picotin	4	48	120	192
492 mL	5.90 L	70.8 L	177.00 L	283.2 L

In Valencia

			cahiz
		barchilla	12
celemine or almuda		4	48
cuarteron or cuartilla	4	16	192
1.298 L	5.194 L	20.775 L	249.300 L

Altés (1832) says in Valencia 1 barchilla = 16.918431 L and the cahiz = 203.021172 L.

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Spain pre-metric units of dry capacity