Database ID G5659
Database UUID: 40e19226-94d5-4889-a547-34b2760ec943
Name: Afanteia - Ornithi
Transcribed name: Afanya
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Mesaoria
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Afanteia - Ornithi
Αφάντεια - Ορνίθι
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Aphania
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 49,684.00
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
21,970.0 0.0 11,815.0 15,899.0
44.2% 0.0% 23.8% 32.0%
General statistics
District of Mesaoria:
54.00
2,171.00
2.5%
District of Mesaoria:
1.00
35.00
2.9%
District of Mesaoria:
62.00
2,398.00
2.6%
District of Mesaoria:
62.00
2,402.00
2.6%
District of Mesaoria:
112.00
4,064.00
2.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
1,931.00
114,431.13
1.7%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
21,970.00
1,375,343.50
1.6%
District of Mesaoria:
0.00
442.00
0.0%
District of Mesaoria:
50.00
2,382.00
2.1%
District of Mesaoria:
0.00
5,906.00
0.0%
District of Mesaoria:
50.00
3,048.00
1.6%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
0.00
66,731.00
0.0%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
11,815.00
547,867.00
2.2%
District of Mesaoria:
59.00
2,678.00
2.2%
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
877.00
48,509.00
1.8%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
15,899.00
807,336.00
2.0%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
49,684.00
2,797,277.50
1.8%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hasan Kethüda
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 2,175.00
İbrahim son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 450.00
İbrahim son of Ali
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Afanteia - Ornithi 4,825.00
Mustafa son of Hacı Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 1,830.00
Ali son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 1,780.00
Hüseyin son of Yakub
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 790.00
Felah Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 364.00
Keleşoğlu Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 2,345.00
Keleş Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 2,720.00
Mehmed son of Hacı Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Afanteia - Ornithi 1,045.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 112 1,931.00 21,970.00
002   land with vegetation 65 792.00 15,985.00
003   non tree crop 50 464.00 13,045.00
004   cotton 50 464.00 13,045.00
005   Water-related cotton properties 14 148.00 4,175.00
006   abundantly-irrigated cotton fıeld (su basar pembe tarlası) 14 148.00 4,175.00
007   Undefined cotton 36 316.00 8,870.00
008   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 34 308.00 8,670.00
009   cotton field (penbe tarla) 2 8.00 200.00
010   fields, gardens and similar 15 328.00 2,940.00
011   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 1 8.00 400.00
012   Gardens, irrigated 1 8.00 400.00
013   garden with waterwheel (dolaplı bağçe) 1 8.00 400.00
014   Fields 14 320.00 2,540.00
015   Fields, irrigation not specified 10 299.00 2,015.00
016   field (tarla) 10 299.00 2,015.00
017   Irrigated fields 4 21.00 525.00
018   irrigated field (sulu tarla) 1 5.00 125.00
019   irrigated field (su basar tarla) 3 16.00 400.00
020   other land use 17 17.00 170.00
021   threshing floor (harman) 17 17.00 170.00
022   threshing floor (harman yeri) 1 1.00 10.00
023   Uncultivated lands 30 1,122.00 5,815.00
024   Fallow lands 30 1,122.00 5,815.00
025   barren field (kiraç tarla) 30 1,122.00 5,815.00
026   barren (kıraç) 4 100.00 500.00
027   barren field (kiraç tarlası) 1 10.00 50.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 50 50 11,815.00
002   house (hane) 50 50 11,815.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 59 877 15,899.00
002   Sheep and goats 19 828 6,624.00
003   sheep (agnam) 11 315 2,520.00
004   goat and sheep (keçi ve koyun) 5 418 3,344.00
005   sheep and goat (koyun ve keçi̇) 5 418 3,344.00
006   sheep (koyun) 3 95 760.00
007   Bovidae 32 41 7,075.00
008   cow (inek) 12 18 1,600.00
009   calf (dana) 3 3 525.00
010   suckling calf (buzaği) 3 3 525.00
011   cow with calf (inek ma buzaği) 3 7 475.00
012   Oxen 20 23 5,475.00
013   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 16 19 4,800.00
014   ox (öküz) 4 4 675.00
015   Equidae 8 8 2,200.00
016   horse (bargi̇r) 2 2 400.00
017   mare (kisrak) 1 1 150.00
018   mule (katir) 6 6 1,800.00
This record was last edited on: Aug. 11, 2020, 9:50 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: Afanteia - Ornithi. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5659/ on 14/12/2025.
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