Moniatis
Moniatis
Μονιάτης Monyat | |
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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) |
Moniatis (Greek: Μονιάτης, Turkish: Monyat) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 5 km southeast of Pano Platres. Moniatis was historically a mixed village of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The origin of the name is possibly due to the monasteries around it, "mones".[2]
History
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, Kouka, Agios Andronikos of Akaki, Malia, Karpasso, Anglisides and Selino.[3]
In 1958, under the Taksim policy, the village was renamed "Elmalı" by the Turkish Cypriots, meaning place with apples.[4] 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.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Saittas near Moniatis, elevation: 640 m (Satellite view) | |||||||||||||
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| 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)[6] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Census 2001
- ^ Polignosi. "Μονιάτης". www.polignosi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ^ Coureas, Nicholas; Orphanides, Andreas (2007). "Piracy in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Later Lusignan and Venetian Periods (15th-16th Centuries)" (PDF). Επετηρίδα του Κέντρου Επιστημονικών Ερευνών. XXΧIIΙ. Λευκωσία: 121–162.
- ^ "MONIATIS". www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ^ "Moniatis". Prio Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Meteorological Service - Climatological and Meteorological Reports".
