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Revision as of 13:59, 20 August 2005 by Zero0000 (talk | contribs) (changes, found better data)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area. It is not an SI unit.
Originally, a dönüm, from the Turkish dönmek (to turn), was the amount of land one man could till in one day. It was not precisely defined and varied considerably from place to place. It is still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman empire.
In Northern Cyprus, the donum is 1,337.8 square meters, while in Iraq it is 2,500 square meters. In Palestine before the end of the Ottoman Empire, the size of a dönüm was 919.3 square meters, but during the British Mandate of Palestine the metric dunam of 1,000 square meters was adopted, and this is still used in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The metric dunam is also used in Jordan and for cadastral purposes in Lebanon. Other countries using a dunam of some size include Libya, Syria, and countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Conversions
A metric dunam is equal to:
- about 0.2471 of an acre
- about 1196 square yards
- about 10,760 square feet
External links
- Foreign Weights and Measures Formerly in Common Use
- Dictionary of units
- Variable donums in Turkey
- Summary based on UN handbook