Name: Akoursos
Transcribed name: Akurso
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Akoursos
Ακουρσός (η)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Akourso
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Paphos
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 5,989.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
4,209.0 150.0 415.0 1,365.0
70.3% 2.5% 6.9% 22.8%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Paphos:
30.00
1,792.00
1.7%
District of Paphos:
0.00
53.00
0.0%
District of Paphos:
35.00
2,071.00
1.7%
District of Paphos:
1.00
82.00
1.2%
District of Paphos:
53.00
3,639.00
1.5%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Paphos:
343.50
17,800.00
1.9%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
4,209.00
203,778.10
2.1%
District of Paphos:
11.00
947.00
1.2%
District of Paphos:
33.00
2,012.00
1.6%
District of Paphos:
15.00
3,394.00
0.4%
District of Paphos:
3.00
283.00
1.1%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
150.00
34,440.00
0.4%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
415.00
138,835.00
0.3%
District of Paphos:
21.00
1,574.00
1.3%
Animals (number)
District of Paphos:
108.00
12,121.00
0.9%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
1,365.00
204,930.00
0.7%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
5,989.00
566,978.10
1.1%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Osman son of İbrahim
Akoursos 920.00
Hüseyin son of Mustafa
Akoursos 1,290.00
Yusuf son of Muslu
Akoursos 525.00
Hasan son of Mustafa
Akoursos 1,120.00
Derviş son of Mustafa
Akoursos 390.00
Hasan son of Kasım
Akoursos 1,395.00
Hüseyin son of Ali
Akoursos 894.00
Abdurrahman son of Ali
Akoursos 967.50
Mustafa son of Zaim
Akoursos 1,235.00
Osman son of Mustafa
Akoursos 900.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 53 415.00 4,744.00
002   land with vegetation 35 82.00 2,864.00
003   tree crops 22 10.25 2,030.00
004   mulberry crops 22 10.25 2,030.00
005   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 22 10.25 2,030.00
006   non tree crops 10 14.00 379.00
007   tobacco 6 7.00 272.50
008   enclosed land with tobacco (fırahti duhan) 6 7.00 272.50
009   cotton 4 7.00 106.50
010   dry cotton field (susuz pembe tarlası) 2 3.50 52.50
011   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 2 3.50 54.00
012   fields, gardens and similar 3 57.75 455.00
013   garden (bağçe) 1 0.25 25.00
014   field (tarla) 1 56.00 280.00
015   garden without fruits (meyvesi̇z bağçe) 1 1.50 150.00
016   other land use 3 1.00 10.00
017   threshing floor (harman) 3 1.00 10.00
018   land without vegetation 15 332.00 1,870.00
019   barren field (kiraç tarla) 15 332.00 1,870.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 11 21 210.00
002   olive trees 8 15 150.00
003   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 8 15 150.00
004   carob trees 3 6 60.00
005   carob tree (harub 2) 1 2 20.00
006   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 1 2 20.00
007   carob trees (harub eşcarı) 1 2 20.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 33 4 415.00
002   house (hane) 30 1 380.00
003   buildings for animals 3 3 35.00
004   beehive (ari kovani) 3 3 35.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 21 112 1,915.00
002   sheep (agnam) 1 15 120.00
003   horse (bargi̇r) 4 2 300.00
004   mare (kisrak) 1 1 150.00
005   cow (inek) 2 3 400.00
006   pair of cows (çift inek) 1 1 200.00
007   goat (keçi̇) 3 90 720.00
008   ox (öküz) 11 2 375.00
009   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 9 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: Akoursos. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5939/ on 02/06/2023.
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