Moniatis (Greek: Μονιάτης, Turkish: Elmalı) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 5 km southeast of Pano Platres. The villagers claim that it was named after its numerous "mantres" (sheepfold). Its 100 to 110-strong Turkish Cypriot population was displaced as a result of the intercommunal violence in 1963, during which they fled the village to Limassol, and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, after which they were transferred to the north.[2]
Moniatis
Μονιάτης Elmalı | |
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village | |
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  Moniatis Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′7″N 32°53′49″E / 34.86861°N 32.89694°E | |
| Country |  Cyprus |
| District | Limassol District |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 227 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History edit
During the Kingdom of Cyprus, the chronicler Florio Bustron writes that King James II after 1464 granted Moniatis as a fief to Juan Perez Fabriges, together with other villages, among them Knodara, Koka, St Andronikos of Akaki, Mallia, Karpasso, Anglisidhes and Selino.[3]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Saittas near Moniatis, elevation: 640 m (Satellite view) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117.6 (4.63) |
89.0 (3.50) |
70.3 (2.77) |
38.4 (1.51) |
20.1 (0.79) |
27.2 (1.07) |
4.9 (0.19) |
10.3 (0.41) |
11.7 (0.46) |
25.7 (1.01) |
93.9 (3.70) |
144.0 (5.67) |
653.2 (25.72) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 10.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 60.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 142.6 | 168.2 | 213.9 | 261.0 | 310.0 | 351.0 | 362.7 | 347.2 | 300.0 | 248.0 | 165.0 | 124.0 | 2,993.6 |
| Source: Meteorological Service (Cyprus)[4] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Census 2001
- ^ "Moniatis". Prio Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ Coureas, Nicholas; Orphanides, Andreas (2007). "Piracy in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Later Lusignan and Venetian Periods (15th-16th Centuries)" (PDF). Eπετηρίδα του Κέντρου Επιστημονικών Ερευνών. XXΧIIΙ. Λευκωσία: 121–162.
- ^ "Meteorological Service - Climatological and Meteorological Reports".