How Big - Land Size

[rod2011]

My friend owns some land and she describes it as '3 teak'. Any ideas how big/small this ammount is ? Apparently her mother bought her 1 teak as a wedding present and she has since bought another two.

She insists the English work is 'Teak' (as in type of tree) and she has double checked in her Thai/English dictionary.

I have no idea and nor does anyone else I have asked.

[Gary A]

Never heard that term used. Below are the common land size terms;

Useful Data:

The three Thai land measurement units are rai, ngan, and talang (square) wah or TW:

1 TW = 4 m2 = 43 ft2 = 4.8 yd2

1 ngan = 100 TW = 400 m2 = 478 yd2

1 rai = 400 TW = 4 ngan = 1,600 m2 = 0.16 hectares = 1,914 yd2 = 0.40 acres

1 acre = 4,047 m2 = 2.53 rai

1 hectare (ha) = 2. 4711 acres

1 rai = 1,600 m2

A common property designator used in advertising takes this form: [1-0-70]

Thus [1-0-70] means [1 rai, 0 ngan, and 70 TW] = 1-0-70 = 1600 m2 + 0 + (70x4 m2) = 1,880 m2

[Mosha]

I asked the boss, it's not a specific area. 1 Teak means she bought 1 piece of land. So your friend has 3 separate plots of land.

[Chonburiram]

Teak = Tee? ( ที่ in Thai ) means place/ pice of land with no information about the size.

[IanForbes]

Thanks for the information, guys. It's another little bit of knowledge gained.

[rod2011]

Thank you very much for the information guys.

You learn so much from these forums.

[rod2011]

I asked the boss, it's not a specific area. 1 Teak means she bought 1 piece of land. So your friend has 3 separate plots of land.

Having now actually seen the land she has 3 what I would call 'strips of land'. Each one is about 100 meters long and about 30 meters wide so about 2 Rai. each.

What was really confusing matters when I asked about 'teak' is the whole area is planted with teak trees, apart from where her house is.