Name: Pyrgos
Transcribed name: Pirko
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Pyrgos
Πύργος
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Pyrgos
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Limassol
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 9,587.50
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
4,437.5 2,217.0 2,000.0 1,523.0
46.3% 23.1% 20.9% 15.9%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Limassol:
24.00
1,271.00
1.9%
District of Limassol:
1.00
52.00
1.9%
District of Limassol:
29.00
1,473.00
2.0%
District of Limassol:
1.00
62.00
1.6%
District of Limassol:
62.00
3,362.00
1.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Limassol:
365.50
12,630.25
2.9%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Limassol:
4,437.50
248,168.50
1.8%
District of Limassol:
62.00
2,215.00
2.8%
District of Limassol:
37.00
2,155.00
1.7%
District of Limassol:
229.00
12,125.00
1.9%
District of Limassol:
3.00
228.00
1.3%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Limassol:
2,217.00
126,227.00
1.8%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Limassol:
2,000.00
170,962.50
1.2%
District of Limassol:
18.00
939.00
1.9%
Animals (number)
District of Limassol:
134.00
3,618.00
3.7%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Limassol:
1,523.00
78,924.00
1.9%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Limassol:
9,587.50
592,117.00
1.6%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mustafa son of Salih
Pyrgos 296.00
Soldier Mahmud
Pyrgos 200.00
Ahmed son of Kara Hasan
Pyrgos 235.00
Mustafa son of 'Ömer
Pyrgos 136.00
İbrahim son of İsma'il
Pyrgos 332.50
'Arif son of İsma'il
Pyrgos 207.50
Ahmed son of Köylü Mustafa
Pyrgos 478.00
İsma'il son of Hüseyin
Pyrgos 273.00
Ramazan son of Hüseyin
Pyrgos 762.00
Yeni Mustafa
Pyrgos 559.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 62 395.00 4,982.50
002   land with vegetation 28 31.00 1,212.50
003   non tree crop 12 22.50 927.50
004   cotton 1 2.00 50.00
005   cotton field (penbe tarlası) 1 2.00 50.00
006   vineyard 5 20.00 850.00
007   vineyard (bağ) 5 20.00 850.00
008   grains 6 0.50 27.50
009   fodder field (hasıllık) 6 0.50 27.50
010   fields, gardens and similar 16 8.50 285.00
011   irrigated garden (sulu bağçe) 13 1.50 75.00
012   irrigated field (su basar tarla) 3 7.00 210.00
013   other land use 14 2.00 25.00
014   threshing floor (harman) 12 1.00 10.00
015   pen (mandira) 2 1.00 15.00
016   land without vegetation 20 362.00 3,745.00
017   barren field (kiraç tarla) 20 362.00 3,745.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 62 288 2,491.00
002   olive tree (all types) 27 120 1,385.00
003   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 4 32 389.00
004   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 3 1 12.00
005   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 20 87 984.00
006   Almond tree (all types) 11 6 30.00
007   almond trees (eşcar-ı badem 2) 11 6 30.00
008   walnut tree 1 1 10.00
009   walnut trees (eşcar-ı ceviz) 1 1 10.00
010   carob trees 23 161 1,066.00
011   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 23 161 1,066.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 37 5 2,265.00
002   house (hane) 33 1 1,780.00
003   other house (diğer hane) 1 0 90.00
004   part of building 1 1 175.00
005   room 1 1 175.00
006   grape must press (şirahâne) 1 1 175.00
007   building for animals 2 2 10.00
008   beehive (ari kovani) 2 2 10.00
009   Mills 1 1 300.00
010   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 1 1 300.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 18 136 1,723.00
002   sheep (agnam) 4 121 968.00
003   cow (inek) 5 3 300.00
004   goat (keçi̇) 1 10 80.00
005   ox (öküz) 8 2 375.00
006   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 3 1 250.00
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: Pyrgos. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5832/ on 05/06/2023.
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