Angolemi

Angolemi
Angolemi
Coordinates: 35°07′04″N 32°56′51″E / 35.11778°N 32.94750°E / 35.11778; 32.94750Coordinates: 35°07′04″N 32°56′51″E / 35.11778°N 32.94750°E / 35.11778; 32.94750
Country  Cyprus
  District Nicosia District
Country (controlled by)  Northern Cyprus
  District Güzelyurt District
Elevation 182 m (597 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 181
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Angolemi (Greek: Αγγολέμι; Turkish: Taşpınar) is a village in Nicosia District, southwest of Morphou. It is administered as part of the Güzelyurt District of Northern Cyprus.

Etymology

According to a suggestion, the name Angolemi is given by the Lusignans, after the town of Angoulême in France.[2][3] Some sources say that a knight from Angoulême lived in the village in the Middle Ages.[4]

Another suggestion says that the name is derived from the former Patriarch of Antioch, Pierre d'Angoulême.[5][6]

The village is commonly known as Angolem among local people.

Architecture

The houses in the village are mainly made of adobe, while concrete ones are also present. The village has developed to the fields outside the village since early 2000s.[3][7]

Lots of houses are neglected and abandoned because of migration to Nicosia. There are unused vehicles in the streets.[3]

Demographics

The first information about the population of the village is from the time of Mahmud II.

Population by year
2011 181
2006 212[8]
1996 245[9]
1960 222[9]
1946 208[10]
1831 25 (only men)[11]

References

  1. "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013.
  2. Charles Fraser Beckingham (1983). Between Islam and Christendom: travellers, facts, and legends in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, p. 356, Variorum Reprints. ISBN 978-0-86078-123-3.
  3. 1 2 3 Lüzinyanlardan beri var olan bir köy: Taşpınar (Angolem) (A village which exists since the time of Lusingnans: Taşpınar (Kıbrıs)
  4. Gunnis, Rupert (1956). Historic Cyprus: a guide to its towns and villages, monasteries and castles. Methuen.
  5. Ahmet C. Gazioğlu (1994). Kıbrıs'ta Türkler, 1570-1878: 308 yıllık Türk dönemine yeni bir bakış, p. 116, Kıbrıs Araştırma ve Yayın Merkezi.
  6. Nazım Beratlı (1993). Kıbrıslı Türklerin tarihi, p. 156, Galeri Kültür yayınları.
  7. Angolemi at Google Earth
  8. 2006 Census
  9. 1 2 "Lefke Kasabası'nın Demografik ve Ekonomik Yapısı" (in Turkish). www.kibris.net. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  10. "Κυπροσ - Cyprus (612 villages, 9251,47 Km²)" (PDF). agrino.org. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  11. "Lefke Tarihinden bir kesit: 1831 Nüfus Sayımı - Osmanlı Egemenliğinde Lefke Kazası" (in Turkish). www.kibris.net. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
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