How is land measured in the Dominican Republic?
Officially, the metric system should be used in all real estate transactions, the hectare (10,000 m2 = 2.47 acres) being the basic unit. However, the “tarea”, a unit of measurement from colonial times equivalent to 628.86 m2 is still widely used. An acre is equivalent to approximately 0.4 hectares or 4004 m2 or 6.4 tareas. Other land measurements are: 1 M sq = 10.795 sq ft ,1 Tarea =629 m2, 6.433 Tareas=1 acre, 15.89 Tareas= 1 Hectare, 1 Hectare = 2.47 acres , 1acre=43, 560 sq ft.
