Name: Argaka
Transcribed name: Arkaka
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Argaka
Αργάκα
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Arkaka
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Chrysochou
Ottoman legal status of population: non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 2,350.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
775.0 60.0 650.0 875.0
33.0% 2.6% 27.7% 37.2%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Chrysochou:
11.00
1,301.00
0.8%
District of Chrysochou:
0.00
31.00
0.0%
District of Chrysochou:
11.00
1,498.00
0.7%
District of Chrysochou:
1.00
54.00
1.9%
District of Chrysochou:
22.00
2,566.00
0.9%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Chrysochou:
140.25
16,584.14
0.8%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Chrysochou:
775.00
108,773.50
0.7%
District of Chrysochou:
9.00
709.00
1.3%
District of Chrysochou:
13.00
1,421.00
0.9%
District of Chrysochou:
6.00
800.00
0.8%
District of Chrysochou:
3.00
94.00
3.2%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Chrysochou:
60.00
8,196.00
0.7%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Chrysochou:
650.00
79,627.00
0.8%
District of Chrysochou:
6.00
1,025.00
0.6%
Animals (number)
District of Chrysochou:
54.00
6,228.00
0.9%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Chrysochou:
875.00
112,516.00
0.8%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Chrysochou:
2,350.00
306,662.50
0.8%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Father Yorki son of father Sava
Argaka 800.00
Nikoli son of Petri
Argaka 650.00
Hristofi son of father Yanni
Argaka 395.00
Anceli
Argaka 230.00
Yorki son of Petro
Argaka 150.00
Hristoforo son of Yanni
Argaka 215.00
Zaharka son of Yanni
Argaka 90.00
Sava
Argaka 245.00
Yorki son of father Yanni
Argaka 685.00
Ağapyo son of father Yanni
Argaka 325.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 22 154.25 865.00
002   land with vegetation 20 153.25 845.00
003   tree crops 4 0.75 25.00
004   mulberry crops 4 0.75 25.00
005   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 4 0.75 25.00
006   non tree crops 11 82.25 445.00
007   tobacco 7 2.25 45.00
008   tobacco field (duhan tarlası) 7 2.25 45.00
009   grains 4 80.00 400.00
010   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 4 80.00 400.00
011   fields, gardens and similar 5 70.25 375.00
012   garden (bağçe) 1 0.25 25.00
013   field (tarla) 4 70.00 350.00
014   other land use 2 1.00 20.00
015   threshing floor (harman) 2 1.00 20.00
016   threshing floor (harman yeri) 2 1.00 20.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 9 8 70.00
002   olive trees 8 6 60.00
003   olive tree (zeytun 2) 8 6 60.00
004   Total almond trees 1 2 10.00
005   almond tree (badem 2) 1 2 10.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 13 4 650.00
002   house (hane) 11 1 540.00
003   agricultural buildings 1 1 100.00
004   pen (mandıra) 1 1 100.00
005   buildings for animals 1 2 10.00
006   beehive (ari kovani) 1 2 10.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 6 54 875.00
002   cow (inek) 2 1 100.00
003   goat (keçi̇) 2 50 400.00
004   ox (öküz) 2 3 375.00
This record was last edited on: May 19, 2019, 2:30 p.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: Argaka. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/6058/ on 30/05/2023.
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