# Almud

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For the village in Iran, see [Almud, Iran](/source/Almud,_Iran).

The **almud** is a unit of measurement of volume used in France, [Spain](/source/Spain) and in parts of the Americas that were colonized by each country. The word comes from the Arabic al-múdd." The exact value of the *almud* was different from region to region, and also varied according to the nature of the measured good. In Portugal the name [almude](/source/Almude) was used and their values were much larger than the Spanish ones. It is still used in rural Mexico, Panama, Chile and other countries. An almud is a box with internal marks, indicating different measurements.

It was also used to name a given surface of land, said surface corresponding to how much could be seeded with the quantity of grain contained in an almud.

- Iberian Spain: 4.625 liters[1] - [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), at [Las Palmas](/source/Las_Palmas): 5.50 liters[2]

- [Argentina](/source/Argentina)[2] - [Córdoba](/source/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Argentina): 18.08 liters - [Corrientes](/source/Corrientes): 21.49 liters - [Mendoza](/source/Mendoza,_Argentina): 9.31 liters
- [Belize](/source/Belize): 5.683 liters[2]
- [Chile](/source/Chile): 8.08 liters[2]
- [Mexico](/source/Mexico): 7.568 liters[2]
- [Philippines](/source/Philippines): 1.76 liters[3]
- [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico): 20 liters[2]
- [United States](/source/United_States), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico): 412.71 cubic inches, approximately 6.76 liters.[2]

## As unit of mass

In some South American countries an almud was a unit of mass.

- [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)[2] - Tarata, [Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba): 7.36 kg. - [Arampampa](/source/Arampampa), [Potosí](/source/Potos%C3%AD): 4.14 kg. - [Buena Vista](/source/Buena_Vista,_Ichilo), [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz,_Bolivia): 14.72 kg.
- [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador): 12.88 kg.[2]
- [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela): varied between 9 and 50 kg.

## See also

- [Spanish customary units](/source/Spanish_customary_units)

## References

1. Russ Rowlett, [*How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement*](http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1. Sizes.com, [almud](http://www.sizes.com/units/almud.htm)

1. [Diksiyonaryo.ph](https://diksiyonaryo.ph/search/almud)

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