Database ID G5918
Database UUID: df4340af-3e12-4947-96d6-dd3269937fd9
Name: Potamiou
Transcribed name: Podamyu
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Disrtict of Avdimou
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Potamiou
Ποταμιού
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Potamiou
Ottoman legal status of population: non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 13,797.00
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
6,875.0 305.0 2,850.0 3,767.0
49.8% 2.2% 20.7% 27.3%
General statistics
Disrtict of Avdimou:
11.00
574.00
1.9%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
2.00
20.00
10.0%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
14.00
650.00
2.2%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
14.00
656.00
2.1%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
39.00
1,396.00
2.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
294.50
11,502.26
2.6%
Land (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
6,875.00
178,514.48
3.9%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
9.00
563.00
1.6%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
16.00
819.00
2.0%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
21.00
2,803.00
0.7%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
5.00
568.00
0.9%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
305.00
30,423.00
1.0%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
2,850.00
132,391.00
2.2%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
19.00
666.00
2.9%
Animals (number)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
91.00
4,873.00
1.9%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
3,767.00
160,828.00
2.3%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
13,797.00
502,156.48
2.7%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Yanni son of Miha'il
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 1,720.00
Blacksmith Yerolemi son of Yorgi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 1,850.00
Hristoğulo son of Andoni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 1,650.00
Arkiro son of Kozma
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 927.50
Yanni son of Hristofi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 375.00
Marko son of Yanni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 1,265.00
Wife of Marko son of Yanni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 90.00
Father Hristoğulo son of Solomo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 1,402.50
Apprentice of father Hristoğulo son of Solomo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 67.50
Acı Hristoğuli son of Andoni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Potamiou 3,444.50
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 39 294.50 6,875.00
002   land with vegetation 19 153.25 5,897.50
003   non tree crop 11 147.00 5,690.00
004   vineyard 11 147.00 5,690.00
005   vineyard (bağ) 11 147.00 5,690.00
006   fields, gardens and similar 8 6.25 207.50
007   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 5 2.25 77.50
008   mulberry crops 2 0.75 37.50
009   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 2 0.75 37.50
010   Gardens, irrigation not specified 1 1.00 25.00
011   garden (bağçe) 1 1.00 25.00
012   Gardens, irrigated 2 0.50 15.00
013   irrigated garden (sulu bağçe) 2 0.50 15.00
014   Fields 2 3.00 80.00
015   Irrigated fields 2 3.00 80.00
016   irrigated field (sulu tarla) 2 3.00 80.00
017   other land use 13 9.25 317.50
018   threshing floor (harman) 3 3.00 60.00
019   enclosed land (fırahti) 9 5.25 157.50
020   pen (mandira) 1 1.00 100.00
021   Uncultivated lands 7 132.00 660.00
022   Fallow lands 7 132.00 660.00
023   barren field (kiraç tarla) 7 132.00 660.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 9 21 305.00
002   olive tree (all types) 8 20 295.00
003   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 2 4 55.00
004   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 6 16 240.00
005   walnut tree 1 1 10.00
006   walnut trees (şecer-i ceviz) 1 1 10.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 16 5 2,850.00
002   house (hane) 13 1 1,840.00
003   other house (diğer hane) 1 0 75.00
004   part of building 1 1 750.00
005   room 1 1 750.00
006   grape must press (şirahâne) 1 1 750.00
007   building for animals 1 2 10.00
008   beehive (ari kovani) 1 2 10.00
009   Mills 1 1 250.00
010   oil mill (yağ değirmeni) 1 1 250.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 19 91 3,767.00
002   Sheep and goats 2 74 592.00
003   goat (keçi̇) 2 74 592.00
004   Bovidae 13 13 1,475.00
005   cow (inek) 7 7 600.00
006   young bull (tosun) 2 2 100.00
007   Oxen 6 6 875.00
008   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 1 1 250.00
009   ox (öküz) 5 5 625.00
010   Equidae 4 4 1,700.00
011   horse (bargi̇r) 1 1 200.00
012   mare (kisrak) 1 1 200.00
013   mule (katir) 3 3 1,500.00
014   old mule (koca katır) 1 1 500.00
This record was last edited on: Feb. 23, 2019, 2:51 a.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: Potamiou. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5918/ on 18/11/2025.
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