Database ID G5350
Database UUID: f931c192-26a4-4513-a126-bc7edce14bb6
Name: Potamia
Transcribed name: Bodamiya
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Subdistrict of Kythrea
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Potamia
Ποταμιά
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Potamia
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 31,276.00
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
19,985.0 1,360.0 3,050.0 6,881.0
63.9% 4.3% 9.8% 22.0%
Dependent locations:
Modern name Ottoman name Value Percentage
Potamia (This record) 22,171 70.89%
Müteveffa Katip Hacı Hüseyin Efendinin Vereseleriin Çiftliği Müteveffa Katip Hacı Hüseyin Efendinin Vereseleriin Çiftliği 9,105 29.11%
Legend: Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
20.00
1,346.00
1.5%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
1.00
23.00
4.3%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
29.00
1,771.00
1.6%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
29.00
1,778.00
1.6%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
52.00
2,689.00
1.9%
Land (area in dönüm)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
1,104.00
58,633.43
1.9%
Land (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
19,985.00
1,041,522.50
1.9%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
12.00
868.00
1.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
25.00
1,594.00
1.6%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
87.00
8,499.00
1.0%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
25.00
1,553.00
1.6%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
1,360.00
152,586.00
0.9%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
3,050.00
324,235.00
0.9%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
29.00
1,069.00
2.7%
Animals (number)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
328.00
19,093.00
1.7%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
6,881.00
314,868.00
2.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
31,276.00
1,833,411.50
1.7%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mustafa son of Musa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 30.00
Wife of Mustafa son of Musa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 385.00
Muslu son of İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 850.00
Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 985.00
Wife of Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 262.00
Sister of Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 100.00
Hüseyin son of Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 570.00
Wife of Hüseyin son of Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 80.00
Sister of Hüseyin son of Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 180.00
'Ali son of İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Potamia 520.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 52 1,104.00 19,985.00
002   land with vegetation 35 990.00 14,845.00
003   non tree crop 1 80.00 2,000.00
004   cotton 1 80.00 2,000.00
005   Undefined cotton 1 80.00 2,000.00
006   cotton field (penbe tarlası) 1 80.00 2,000.00
007   fields, gardens and similar 34 910.00 12,845.00
008   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 12 78.00 3,525.00
009   Gardens, irrigation not specified 12 78.00 3,525.00
010   garden (bağçe) 10 51.00 2,550.00
011   other islamic endowment garden (diğer vakıf bağçe) 1 12.00 600.00
012   islamic endowment garden (vakıf bağçe tarlası) 1 15.00 375.00
013   Fields 22 832.00 9,320.00
014   Fields, irrigation not specified 22 832.00 9,320.00
015   other field (diğer tarla) 1 24.00 240.00
016   garden field (bağçe tarlasi) 2 25.00 1,250.00
017   field (tarla) 19 783.00 7,830.00
018   other land use 16 14.00 4,640.00
019   threshing floor (harman) 14 14.00 140.00
020   threshing floor (harman yeri) 2 2.00 20.00
021   running/flowing water (ma-yi cari) 2 0.00 4,500.00
022   Uncultivated lands 1 100.00 500.00
023   Fallow lands 1 100.00 500.00
024   islamic endowment barren field (vakıf kıraç tarla) 1 100.00 500.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 12 87 1,360.00
002   Μulberry tree (all types) 1 5 50.00
003   mulberry trees (eşcar-ı dut) 1 5 50.00
004   olive tree (all types) 11 82 1,310.00
005   islamic endowment olive trees (vakıf eşcar-ı zeytun) 1 25 500.00
006   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 10 57 810.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 25 25 3,050.00
002   house (hane) 25 25 3,050.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 29 328 6,881.00
002   Sheep and goats 10 307 2,456.00
003   sheep (agnam) 6 168 1,344.00
004   goat and sheep (keçi ve koyun) 3 109 872.00
005   sheep and goat (ağnam ve keçi) 2 24 192.00
006   goat and sheep (keçi ağnam) 1 85 680.00
007   goat (keçi̇) 1 30 240.00
008   Bovidae 19 21 4,425.00
009   cow (inek) 2 2 50.00
010   calf (dana) 2 2 50.00
011   suckling calf (buzaği) 2 2 50.00
012   Oxen 17 19 4,375.00
013   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 14 16 4,000.00
014   ox (öküz) 3 3 375.00
This record was last edited on: Jan. 19, 2020, 11:31 p.m.
Geography Department of Harokopio University and Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (2021).. Economy, environment and landscape in the Cypriot longue durée: The 1832/33 Ottoman Property Survey of Cyprus. Geographic Location: Potamia. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5350/ on 12/01/2026.
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