Name: Kyra
Transcribed name: Cira
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Kyra
Κυρά
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Kyra
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Subdistrict of Morphou
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 19,551.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
13,327.0 1,422.0 4,500.0 562.0
68.2% 7.3% 23.0% 2.9%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
Subdistrict of Morphou:
30.00
1,278.00
2.3%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
1.00
42.00
2.4%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
32.00
1,461.00
2.2%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
3.00
84.00
3.6%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
69.00
2,600.00
2.7%
Land (area in dönüm)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
565.50
24,005.54
2.4%
Land (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
13,327.00
661,438.50
2.0%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
22.00
1,137.00
1.9%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
32.00
1,628.00
2.0%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
156.00
2,176.00
7.2%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
3.00
337.00
0.9%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
1,422.00
31,096.00
4.6%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
4,500.00
176,755.00
2.5%
Subdistrict of Morphou:
15.00
1,158.00
1.3%
Animals (number)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
9.00
9,643.00
0.1%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
562.00
112,902.00
0.5%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Morphou:
19,551.00
972,741.50
2.0%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hristofi son of Yani
Kyra 2,740.00
Nikola son of Solomo
Kyra 1,620.00
Yani son of father Solomo
Kyra 1,965.00
Kiryako son of Yani
Kyra 975.00
Yorgi son of Acı Sava
Kyra 945.00
Hristoğulo son of Marko
Kyra 1,508.00
Yorgi son of Yani
Kyra 50.00
Yani son of Anton
Kyra 1,835.00
Kostanti son of father Lu'izo
Kyra 1,630.00
Hristoğulo son of father Lu'izo
Kyra 1,195.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 69 717.50 14,882.00
002   land with vegetation 42 585.50 13,337.00
003   non tree crops 16 56.50 1,257.00
004   cotton 13 55.00 1,200.00
005   cotton field (penbe tarlası) 13 55.00 1,200.00
006   grains 3 1.50 57.00
007   fodder field (hasıllık) 3 1.50 57.00
008   fields, gardens and similar 26 529.00 12,080.00
009   field (tarla) 26 529.00 12,080.00
010   other land use 16 2.00 195.00
011   threshing floor (harman) 15 1.00 45.00
012   rose for clerk tomb (küttab türbesi için gül) 1 1.00 150.00
013   land without vegetation 11 130.00 1,350.00
014   barren field (kiraç tarla) 11 130.00 1,350.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 22 168 1,482.00
002   Total mulberry trees 2 36 162.00
003   mulberry trees (eşcar-ı dut) 1 30 150.00
004   mulberry trees (dut eşcarı) 1 6 12.00
005   olive trees 20 132 1,320.00
006   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 16 126 1,260.00
007   olive tree (zeytun 2) 4 6 60.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 32 5 4,900.00
002   house (hane) 28 1 1,490.00
003   buildings for animals 1 2 10.00
004   beehive (ari kovani) 1 2 10.00
005   auxilliary structures 1 1 3,000.00
006   waterwheel with water tank from running water (dolaplık ma-yı cari havuz) 1 1 3,000.00
007   Mills 2 1 400.00
008   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 1 0 100.00
009   oil mill (yağ değirmeni) 1 1 300.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 15 12 562.00
002   sheep (agnam) 1 1 8.00
003   sheep (koyun) 1 1 8.00
004   cow (inek) 5 1 75.00
005   goat (keçi̇) 2 8 104.00
006   ox (öküz) 7 2 375.00
007   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 1 1 250.00
This record was last edited on: Jan. 15, 2020, 7:54 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: Kyra. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5457/ on 30/05/2023.
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