Name: Egkomi (Ammochostou)
Transcribed name: Enkomi
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Egkomi (Ammochostou)
Έγκωμη (Αμμοχώστου)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Enkomi
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Famagusta
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 27,210.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
16,810.0 100.0 3,335.0 7,065.0
61.8% 0.4% 12.3% 26.0%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Famagusta:
26.00
573.00
4.5%
District of Famagusta:
1.00
10.00
10.0%
District of Famagusta:
27.00
625.00
4.3%
District of Famagusta:
3.00
14.00
21.4%
District of Famagusta:
47.00
1,157.00
4.1%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Famagusta:
218.00
10,521.51
2.1%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Famagusta:
16,810.00
316,304.00
5.3%
District of Famagusta:
1.00
28.00
3.6%
District of Famagusta:
24.00
554.00
4.3%
District of Famagusta:
10.00
122.00
8.2%
District of Famagusta:
14.00
185.00
7.6%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Famagusta:
100.00
1,256.00
8.0%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Famagusta:
3,335.00
55,760.00
6.0%
District of Famagusta:
21.00
498.00
4.2%
Animals (number)
District of Famagusta:
460.00
4,210.00
10.9%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Famagusta:
7,065.00
63,696.00
11.1%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Famagusta:
27,210.00
436,196.00
6.2%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Meniko son of Meniko Zımmi
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 4,045.00
Panayi son of Acı Hristofi
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 4,975.00
Solomo son of İpkieri
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 1,300.00
Yanni son of Pavli
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 5,770.00
Hristofi
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 80.00
Dimitri Zımmi
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 1,250.00
Avram son of Mihail
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 1,625.00
İstinu Nasrani
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 285.00
Markaru Nasrani
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 60.00
Vasili son of Acı Yorgi
Egkomi (Ammochostou) 5,545.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 47 359.00 24,160.00
002   land with vegetation 31 191.00 18,215.00
003   tree crops 2 20.00 4,000.00
004   mulberry crops 2 20.00 4,000.00
005   mulberry garden with well (dut bağçesi ma dolab) 1 12.00 2,400.00
006   irrigated mulberry garden with well (sulu dolablı dut bağçesi) 1 8.00 1,600.00
007   non tree crops 27 157.00 12,815.00
008   cotton 12 102.00 7,675.00
009   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 10 95.00 7,125.00
010   abundantly-irrigated cotton fıeld (su basar pembe tarlası) 2 7.00 550.00
011   grains 4 46.00 1,140.00
012   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 3 44.00 1,100.00
013   fodder field (hasıllık) 1 2.00 40.00
014   madder field (boya tarlasi) 11 9.00 4,000.00
015   fields, gardens and similar 2 14.00 1,400.00
016   garden (bağçe) 1 6.00 1,200.00
017   field (tarla) 1 8.00 200.00
018   other land use 4 2.00 45.00
019   threshing floor (harman) 4 2.00 45.00
020   threshing floor (harman yeri) 2 1.00 25.00
021   land without vegetation 12 166.00 5,900.00
022   barren field (kiraç tarla) 11 146.00 4,900.00
023   barren garden (kıraç bağçe) 1 20.00 1,000.00
024   barren garden (kıraç bağçe tarlası) 1 20.00 1,000.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 1 10 100.00
002   olive trees 1 10 100.00
003   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 1 10 100.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 24 14 3,335.00
002   house (hane) 22 1 3,270.00
003   buildings for animals 2 13 65.00
004   beehive (ari kovani) 2 13 65.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 21 465 7,140.00
002   sheep (agnam) 6 430 3,440.00
003   cow (inek) 9 30 1,250.00
004   cow with calf (inek ma dana) 7 29 1,095.00
005   young bull (tosun) 1 1 80.00
006   mule (katir) 1 4 2,000.00
007   ox (öküz) 5 1 450.00
This record was last edited on: Jan. 20, 2020, 10:27 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: Egkomi (Ammochostou). Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5511/ on 29/05/2023.
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