Name: Potamiou
Transcribed name: Podamyu
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Potamiou
Ποταμιού
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Potamiou
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Disrtict of Avdimou
Ottoman legal status of population: non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 7,789.50
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
3,597.5 250.0 2,135.0 1,817.0
46.2% 3.2% 27.4% 23.3%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
Disrtict of Avdimou:
10.00
573.00
1.7%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
2.00
20.00
10.0%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
14.00
650.00
2.2%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
1.00
32.00
3.1%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
39.00
1,396.00
2.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
175.00
5,185.76
3.4%
Land (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
3,597.50
68,377.48
5.3%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
9.00
563.00
1.6%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
16.00
819.00
2.0%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
16.00
1,321.00
1.2%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
3.00
134.00
2.2%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
250.00
17,208.00
1.5%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
2,135.00
65,466.00
3.3%
Disrtict of Avdimou:
19.00
666.00
2.9%
Animals (number)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
75.00
3,478.00
2.2%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
1,817.00
57,010.00
3.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Disrtict of Avdimou:
7,789.50
202,026.48
3.9%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Yanni son of Miha'il
Potamiou 1,720.00
Blacksmith Yerolemi son of Yorgi
Potamiou 1,850.00
Hristoğulo son of Andoni
Potamiou 1,650.00
Arkiro son of Kozma
Potamiou 927.50
Yanni son of Hristofi
Potamiou 375.00
Marko son of Yanni
Potamiou 1,265.00
Wife of Marko son of Yanni
Potamiou 90.00
Father Hristoğulo son of Solomo
Potamiou 1,402.50
Apprentice of father Hristoğulo son of Solomo
Potamiou 67.50
Acı Hristoğuli son of Andoni
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) 39 181.00 3,850.00
002   land with vegetation 19 79.00 3,130.00
003   tree crops 2 0.75 37.50
004   mulberry crops 2 0.75 37.50
005   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 2 0.75 37.50
006   non tree crop 11 73.00 2,930.00
007   vineyard 11 73.00 2,930.00
008   vineyard (bağ) 11 73.00 2,930.00
009   fields, gardens and similar 6 5.25 162.50
010   irrigated field (sulu tarla) 2 3.00 80.00
011   irrigated garden (sulu bağçe) 2 0.25 7.50
012   garden (bağçe) 1 1.00 25.00
013   building lot (hane yeri) 1 1.00 50.00
014   other land use 13 6.00 240.00
015   threshing floor (harman) 3 1.00 20.00
016   enclosed land (fırahti) 9 4.00 120.00
017   pen (mandira) 1 1.00 100.00
018   land without vegetation 7 96.00 480.00
019   barren field (kiraç tarla) 7 96.00 480.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 9 18 260.00
002   olive tree (all types) 8 17 250.00
003   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 2 4 55.00
004   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 6 13 195.00
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 2,385.00
002   house (hane) 13 1 1,375.00
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 81 2,317.00
002   horse (bargi̇r) 1 1 200.00
003   mare (kisrak) 1 1 200.00
004   cow (inek) 7 2 150.00
005   young bull (tosun) 2 1 50.00
006   mule (katir) 3 2 1,000.00
007   old mule (koca katır) 1 1 500.00
008   goat (keçi̇) 2 74 592.00
009   ox (öküz) 6 2 375.00
010   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 1 1 250.00
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 05/06/2023.
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