Name: Vavla
Transcribed name: Vavla
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Vavla
Βάβλα
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Vavla
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Larnaka
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 24,800.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
11,285.0 12,390.0 2,885.0 600.0
45.5% 50.0% 11.6% 2.4%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Larnaka:
25.00
2,611.00
1.0%
District of Larnaka:
1.00
35.00
2.9%
District of Larnaka:
36.00
3,913.00
0.9%
District of Larnaka:
3.00
131.00
2.3%
District of Larnaka:
69.00
3,304.00
2.1%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Larnaka:
598.50
48,130.76
1.2%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Larnaka:
11,285.00
598,060.00
1.9%
District of Larnaka:
57.00
2,585.00
2.2%
District of Larnaka:
39.00
3,328.00
1.2%
District of Larnaka:
913.00
33,907.00
2.7%
District of Larnaka:
53.00
1,032.00
5.1%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Larnaka:
12,390.00
508,078.00
2.4%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Larnaka:
2,885.00
563,945.50
0.5%
District of Larnaka:
14.00
1,730.00
0.8%
Animals (number)
District of Larnaka:
3.00
16,532.00
0.0%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Larnaka:
600.00
254,916.00
0.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Larnaka:
24,800.00
1,863,729.50
1.3%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mehmed son of Osman
Vavla 1,640.00
Osman son of Mehmed
Vavla 580.00
Orphans of Hasan son of Yusuf
Vavla 575.00
Hasan son of Yusuf
Vavla 0.00
Wife of Mustafa son of Yusuf
Vavla 390.00
Mustafa son of Yusuf
Vavla 330.00
Father Miha'il son of Vasili
Vavla 910.00
Yerolemi son of Dimitri
Vavla 2,800.00
Toğosi son of father Pandeli
Vavla 2,740.00
Yorgi son of Acı Andon
Vavla 60.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 69 626.50 14,055.00
002   land with vegetation 62 584.50 13,765.00
003   non tree crops 42 135.00 8,870.00
004   cotton 3 20.00 2,840.00
005   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 3 20.00 2,840.00
006   vineyard 38 110.00 5,930.00
007   vineyard (bağ) 38 110.00 5,930.00
008   grains 1 5.00 100.00
009   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 1 5.00 100.00
010   fields, gardens and similar 20 449.50 4,895.00
011   garden (bağçe) 1 1.00 50.00
012   field (tarla) 19 448.50 4,845.00
013   other land use 5 1.00 30.00
014   threshing floor (harman) 5 1.00 30.00
015   land without vegetation 2 41.00 260.00
016   barren field (kiraç tarla) 2 41.00 260.00
017   deserted plot (hâli̇ arsa) 1 1.00 60.00
018   deserted plot (arsa-i haliye) 1 1.00 60.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 57 1,162 15,470.00
002   olive trees 33 599 9,840.00
003   plateau olive trees (ova zeytini eşcarı) 1 45 900.00
004   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 3 190 1,900.00
005   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 27 344 6,740.00
006   olive tree (zeytun 2) 1 10 200.00
007   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 1 10 100.00
008   carob trees 24 563 5,630.00
009   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 24 563 5,630.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 39 58 3,435.00
002   house (hane) 28 2 1,420.00
003   ruined house (harab hane) 2 1 30.00
004   part of building 3 1 1,100.00
005   room 3 1 1,100.00
006   grape must press (şirahâne) 3 1 1,100.00
007   buildings for animals 4 53 265.00
008   beehive (ari kovani) 4 53 265.00
009   Mills 4 2 650.00
010   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 3 1 500.00
011   Watermills 1 1 150.00
012   water mill (su deği̇rmeni̇) 1 1 150.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 14 5 600.00
002   cow (inek) 4 4 350.00
003   calf (dana) 2 1 50.00
004   suckling calf (buzaği) 2 1 50.00
005   ox (öküz) 10 1 250.00
006   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 10 1 250.00
This record was last edited on: July 30, 2021, 6:26 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: Vavla. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5602/ on 29/05/2023.
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