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About these units
Square Foot (ft²)
A square foot is the area of a square one foot on each side. It is widely used in the United States, the UK (historically), Canada (in real estate), and other regions where imperial units remain culturally influential. Square feet dominate property listings, architectural blueprints, and interior design specifications in the US. The measurement provides an intuitive scale for rooms and buildings, fitting well with common human-scaled dimensions. Although metrication has reduced its use worldwide, the square foot remains deeply embedded in construction codes, real estate markets, and consumer expectations in countries that continue to rely on imperial or hybrid systems. Its survival highlights the cultural persistence of traditional measurement systems despite global standardization.
Plaza (plaza)
A plaza is a traditional Spanish area unit, historically used in various regions of Latin America and Spain. Its value varied widely by locality—commonly ranging between 2,700 and 3,000 square meters—depending on the colonial or municipal standards in effect at the time. The plaza's origin is linked to urban planning under Spanish colonial rule. Town centers in Spanish America were often designed around a central plaza, and surrounding parcels were measured using plaza-based units, embedding the measurement into the cultural fabric of settlement. In agricultural contexts, plazas were sometimes used to define modest landholdings such as gardens, homestead plots, or small fields. While largely replaced by metric units today, the plaza remains significant in historical cartography, land deeds, and anthropological studies of Iberian and colonial town development. It stands as a reminder that measurements often evolve out of cultural-practical needs rather than pure geometric abstraction.