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HISTORY
The
two villages of the province of Paphos, Agios Photios and Statos,
which were at a distance of two kilometers the one from other, during
the period 1966-1969, because of the rapid rainfalls, they had some
devastating landslips. The government called some special geologists,
in order to study the situation and it was found necessary to move
the two villages to another point.
Then most of the residents of the two communities, decided for the
union of the two villages. The locomotion and the union of the two
communities became with the consent of the local self-government,
the two communities as well as with the president of the Cypriot
democracy, Archbishop Makarios C'.
At the end of 1973 the first residents of the new village began to move. After the Turkish invasion in 1974, many refugees from the possessed regions of Cyprus moved to the new village.
The
unified anymore village took the name Statos-Agios Photios and is
found in a border region of the province of Paphos, very close to
the monastery of "Chrysorrogiatissa". It has an altitude
of 1000 meters and its residents deal with the agriculture and the
livestock farming. The village produces apples, grapes, pears, peaches,
cherries, wines, "zivania", "sountzouko", grapes,
"tsamarella", sausages, "halloumi", "trachanas"(paste
made with coarse flour and sour milk), walnuts and almonds.
In the old destroyed villages are maintained some devastated houses,
which are used seasonally by some shepherds that bring their flocks
in the region.
The village Statos–Agios Photios in 1982 had 482 residents, while in the inventory that took place in 2001 the residents were 239. A road connects the village with the village Panagia in the northwestern side (6 km) and with the village Koilinia in the east side (1 km).
The following exist and function today in the village:
A
regional municipal school, the church of Savior Christ, one of the
magnificent churches of Paphos. The community buildings, which accommodate
the companies, COOP, SEDIGEP, the community medical center, the
offices of the community council, as well as the community center
"cafe-restaurant". It exists also the irrigatory work
of Statos-Agios Photios-Koilinia, a big dam having 140.000 cubic
meters capacity of water for the needs of the communities. There
are also two local wine factories, ABAKAS and AMFOREAS, which produce
appreciable wines.
The
main characteristic of the community is its green environment because
all the streets in the community are planted with walnut trees,
initiative of the Archbishop of Cyprus, Chrysostomos who comes from
the village. Also Stelios Kyriakides comes from the village Statos-
Agios Photios.
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