Name: Avgorou
Transcribed name: Avkoru
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Avgorou
Αυγόρου (το)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Avgora
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Mesaoria
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 13,915.50
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
4,939.5 165.0 3,835.0 4,976.0
35.5% 1.2% 27.6% 35.8%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Mesaoria:
47.00
2,171.00
2.2%
District of Mesaoria:
2.00
35.00
5.7%
District of Mesaoria:
47.00
2,398.00
2.0%
District of Mesaoria:
1.00
82.00
1.2%
District of Mesaoria:
89.00
4,064.00
2.2%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
860.00
60,201.63
1.4%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
4,939.50
785,033.00
0.6%
District of Mesaoria:
7.00
442.00
1.6%
District of Mesaoria:
39.00
2,382.00
1.6%
District of Mesaoria:
15.00
4,050.00
0.4%
District of Mesaoria:
1.00
752.00
0.1%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
165.00
48,731.00
0.3%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
3,835.00
258,767.00
1.5%
District of Mesaoria:
54.00
2,678.00
2.0%
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
575.00
34,250.00
1.7%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
4,976.00
402,846.00
1.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
13,915.50
1,487,147.00
0.9%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mahmud son of Hüseyin
Avgorou 1,650.00
Topal Nasuh
Avgorou 1,920.00
Mustafa son of Nasuh
Avgorou 315.00
Musli son of Mustafa
Avgorou 1,095.00
Hüseyin Koçalioğlu
Avgorou 895.00
Hüseyin son of Mahmud
Avgorou 68.00
Yusuf son of Boğozi
Avgorou 1,040.00
Emir Ali son of Nasuh
Avgorou 325.00
Süleyman son of Fakala
Avgorou 370.00
Mahmud son of Gazi
Avgorou 90.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 89 911.00 6,174.50
002   land with vegetation 43 102.00 2,857.50
003   tree crops 3 9.00 900.00
004   mulberry crops 2 7.00 700.00
005   garden with mulberry trees (dut eşcarlı bağçe) 1 1.00 100.00
006   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 1 6.00 600.00
007   tree garden (eşcârli bağçe) 1 2.00 200.00
008   non tree crops 30 72.50 1,202.50
009   cotton 30 72.50 1,202.50
010   cotton field (pembe) 1 2.00 50.00
011   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 28 67.50 1,062.50
012   irrigated cotton field (sulu penbe tarlası) 1 3.00 90.00
013   fields, gardens and similar 10 20.50 755.00
014   garden (bağçe) 1 1.00 100.00
015   garden field (bağçe tarlasi) 1 1.00 100.00
016   deserted garden (viran bağçe) 8 18.50 555.00
017   other land use 13 1.00 10.00
018   threshing floor (harman) 13 1.00 10.00
019   land without vegetation 33 808.00 3,307.00
020   barren field (kiraç tarla) 33 808.00 3,307.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 7 19 175.00
002   olive trees 7 19 175.00
003   plateau olive (zeytun-ı ova) 3 12 120.00
004   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 3 6 45.00
005   olive tree (zeytun 2) 1 1 10.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 39 2 3,835.00
002   house (hane) 38 1 3,830.00
003   buildings for animals 1 1 5.00
004   beehive (ari kovani) 1 1 5.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 54 577 5,076.00
002   sheep (agnam) 20 572 4,576.00
003   cow (inek) 18 4 250.00
004   calf (dana) 12 3 150.00
005   suckling calf (buzaği) 12 3 150.00
006   ox (öküz) 16 1 250.00
007   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 16 1 250.00
This record was last edited on: Feb. 5, 2020, 6:34 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: Avgorou. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5673/ on 02/06/2023.
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