Moniatis
Moniatis
Μονιάτης Elmalı | |
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village | |
UTC+3 (EEST ) |
Moniatis (
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]
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, Koka, St Andronikos of Akaki, Mallia, Karpasso, Anglisidhes and Selino.[3]
Climate
| 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
- ^ 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".
