Database ID G5673
Database UUID: de79cb23-348a-490a-b00f-9ec8efc7917d
Name: Avgorou
Transcribed name: Avkoru
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Mesaoria
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Avgorou
Αυγόρου (το)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Avgora
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 33,650.50
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
11,864.5 175.0 6,785.0 14,826.0
35.3% 0.5% 20.2% 44.1%
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:
47.00
2,402.00
2.0%
District of Mesaoria:
89.00
4,064.00
2.2%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
2,063.00
114,431.13
1.8%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
11,864.50
1,375,343.50
0.9%
District of Mesaoria:
7.00
442.00
1.6%
District of Mesaoria:
39.00
2,382.00
1.6%
District of Mesaoria:
19.00
5,906.00
0.3%
District of Mesaoria:
39.00
3,048.00
1.3%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
175.00
66,731.00
0.3%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
6,785.00
547,867.00
1.2%
District of Mesaoria:
54.00
2,678.00
2.0%
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
1,232.00
48,509.00
2.5%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
14,826.00
807,336.00
1.8%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
33,650.50
2,797,277.50
1.2%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mahmud son of Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 1,650.00
Topal Nasuh
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 1,920.00
Mustafa son of Nasuh
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 315.00
Musli son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 1,095.00
Hüseyin Koçalioğlu
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 895.00
Hüseyin son of Mahmud
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 68.00
Yusuf son of Boğozi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Avgorou 1,040.00
Emir Ali son of Nasuh
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 325.00
Süleyman son of Fakala
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Avgorou 370.00
Mahmud son of Gazi
muslim (ehl-i islam) Avgorou 90.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 89 2,063.00 11,864.50
002   land with vegetation 35 125.50 3,402.50
003   non tree crop 30 114.50 2,302.50
004   cotton 30 114.50 2,302.50
005   Water-related cotton properties 1 3.00 90.00
006   irrigated cotton field (sulu penbe tarlası) 1 3.00 90.00
007   Undefined cotton 29 111.50 2,212.50
008   cotton field (pembe) 1 2.00 50.00
009   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 28 109.50 2,162.50
010   fields, gardens and similar 5 11.00 1,100.00
011   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 4 10.00 1,000.00
012   mulberry crops 2 7.00 700.00
013   garden with mulberry trees (dut eşcarlı bağçe) 1 1.00 100.00
014   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 1 6.00 600.00
015   Gardens, irrigation not specified 2 3.00 300.00
016   tree garden (eşcârli bağçe) 1 2.00 200.00
017   garden (bağçe) 1 1.00 100.00
018   Fields 1 1.00 100.00
019   Fields, irrigation not specified 1 1.00 100.00
020   garden field (bağçe tarlasi) 1 1.00 100.00
021   other land use 13 13.00 130.00
022   threshing floor (harman) 13 13.00 130.00
023   Uncultivated lands 41 1,924.50 8,332.00
024   Fallow lands 33 1,903.00 7,687.00
025   barren field (kiraç tarla) 33 1,903.00 7,687.00
026   Destroyed lands 8 21.50 645.00
027   deserted garden (viran bağçe) 8 21.50 645.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 7 19 175.00
002   olive tree (all types) 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   Building (all types) 39 39 6,785.00
002   house (hane) 38 38 6,780.00
003   building 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   Animal (all types) 54 1,232 14,826.00
002   Sheep and goats 20 1,197 9,576.00
003   sheep (agnam) 20 1,197 9,576.00
004   Bovidae 34 35 5,250.00
005   cow (inek) 18 19 1,250.00
006   calf (dana) 12 13 650.00
007   suckling calf (buzaği) 12 13 650.00
008   Oxen 16 16 4,000.00
009   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 16 16 4,000.00
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 07/12/2025.
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