Ranga

The Ranga (pl. Rangar) or "Full Pace" was a Númenórean linear measurement based on the full stride of a Númenórean male at quick march at around 38 inches or 96 centimeters. 5000 rangar formed a lár (or a league), the increment of distance at which marching Númenórean regiments would rest.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", "Appendix: Númenórean Linear Measures".
The average height of a hobbit was one ranga, while a fully grown Dúnedain was around 2 rangar. The tallest Númenórean, Elendil, was said to be 2.5 rangar tall.
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