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Unit Definition (oxgang) The oxgang is an old English unit of land area equal to 1/8 hide or roughly 15 acres (6 hectares). The hide was considered the area a farmer could plow with a team of 8 oxen, so an oxgang was the area he could plow with a single ox. The unit was also called the bovate, from the Latin word bos for an ox or cow. Unit Definition (caballeria [Central America]) The caballeria [Central America] is a traditional unit of land area. In Central America it equals 60 manzanas, which is roughly 45 hectares (110 acres).
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