Database ID G5933
Database UUID: 3979a31a-9f2c-4f75-8058-ebbfb8de0085
Name: Mesa Chorio
Transcribed name: Mesahorko
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Kouklia
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Mesa Chorio
Μέσα Χωριό
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Mesa Khorion
Ottoman legal status of population: non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 13,422.40
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
5,902.4 430.0 3,550.0 3,540.0
44.0% 3.2% 26.4% 26.4%
General statistics
District of Kouklia:
26.00
446.00
5.8%
District of Kouklia:
1.00
9.00
11.1%
District of Kouklia:
30.00
512.00
5.9%
District of Kouklia:
30.00
512.00
5.9%
District of Kouklia:
62.00
857.00
7.2%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Kouklia:
498.50
9,083.75
5.5%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Kouklia:
5,902.40
125,366.90
4.7%
District of Kouklia:
18.00
177.00
10.2%
District of Kouklia:
22.00
479.00
4.6%
District of Kouklia:
44.00
836.00
5.3%
District of Kouklia:
20.00
491.00
4.1%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Kouklia:
430.00
8,600.00
5.0%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Kouklia:
3,550.00
68,940.00
5.1%
District of Kouklia:
16.00
347.00
4.6%
Animals (number)
District of Kouklia:
71.00
4,461.00
1.6%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Kouklia:
3,540.00
103,170.00
3.4%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Kouklia:
13,422.40
306,076.90
4.4%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Father Toğori son of Hristoğulo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 1,197.50
Father Kostanti son of Hristoğulo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 1,037.50
Acı Hristoğulo son of Acı Yorgi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 1,032.50
Hristoğulo son of Yanni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 1,125.00
Hristoğulo son of father Toğori
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 752.50
Yanni son of Hristoğulo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 360.00
Arkiro son of Hristoğulo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 665.00
Hristoğulo son of Cirkako
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 515.00
Nikola son of father Toğori
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 650.00
Kostanti son of Yorgi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Mesa Chorio 372.40
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 62 498.50 5,902.40
002   land with vegetation 50 486.50 5,752.40
003   non tree crop 2 9.00 450.00
004   vineyard 2 9.00 450.00
005   vineyard (bağ) 2 9.00 450.00
006   fields, gardens and similar 48 477.50 5,302.40
007   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 21 15.00 2,900.00
008   mulberry crops 21 15.00 2,900.00
009   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 21 15.00 2,900.00
010   Fields 27 462.50 2,402.40
011   Fields, irrigation not specified 27 462.50 2,402.40
012   plateau field (ova tarla) 19 458.00 2,290.00
013   hemp field (kendür tarlası) 8 4.50 112.40
014   other land use 11 4.00 110.00
015   threshing floor (harman) 11 4.00 110.00
016   Uncultivated lands 1 8.00 40.00
017   Fallow lands 1 8.00 40.00
018   barren field (kiraç tarla) 1 8.00 40.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 18 44 430.00
002   olive tree (all types) 16 40 400.00
003   olive trees (zeyti̇n eşcâri) 3 6 60.00
004   plateau olive trees (ova zeyti̇ni̇) 2 5 50.00
005   plateau olive trees (ova zeyti̇ni̇ eşcâri) 1 1 10.00
006   olive trees (zeytun) 1 2 20.00
007   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun) 12 32 320.00
008   Almond tree (all types) 1 2 20.00
009   almond tree (badem) 1 2 20.00
010   almond trees (badem eşcâri) 1 2 20.00
011   carob trees 1 2 10.00
012   carob trees (harub eşcâri) 1 2 10.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 22 20 3,550.00
002   house (hane) 20 18 3,350.00
003   agricultural buildings 1 1 50.00
004   pen (mandıra) 1 1 50.00
005   Mills 1 1 150.00
006   oil mill (yağ değirmeni) 1 1 150.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 16 71 3,540.00
002   Sheep and goats 2 55 440.00
003   sheep (koyun) 2 55 440.00
004   Bovidae 14 16 3,100.00
005   cow (inek) 3 3 400.00
006   pair of cows (çift inek) 1 1 200.00
007   Oxen 11 13 2,700.00
008   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 8 8 2,000.00
009   ox (öküz) 3 5 700.00
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: Mesa Chorio. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5933/ on 07/12/2025.
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