page_title: Chacra
hierarchical_section_title: Chacra
caption_attribution_description: Español: CerroShumba
context_page_description: Chacra is a Spanish term for a small garden or farm, often on the outskirts of a city, which produces food for the inhabitants of the city. The term is most commonly used to refer to farms located on ejidos in parts of Latin America. Chacras today are frequently used for horticulture as well.
  The word has been borrowed into Portuguese as chácara and is commonly used in Brazil to refer to a small farm.
context_section_description: Chacra is a Spanish term (a loanword from the Quechua word chakra, meaning "farm, agricultural field, or land sown with seed"; Hispanicized spellings include chacra, chajra, and chagra) for a small garden or farm, often on the outskirts of a city, which produces food for the inhabitants of the city. The term is most commonly used to refer to farms located on ejidos (agricultural commons) in parts of Latin America. Chacras today are frequently used for horticulture as well.
  The word has been borrowed into Portuguese as chácara and is commonly used in Brazil to refer to a small farm.
caption: Cerro Shumba
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