Limassol District () or Lemesos ( el, Λεμεσός) is one of the six
districts of Cyprus
Cyprus is divided into six districts ( gr, επαρχίες; tr, kaza), whose capitals share the same name. The districts are subdivided into municipalities and communities. The districts of Cyprus are listed in the table below.
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. , it had a population of 239,842, 77% of which was urban. Its main city is
Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban populatio ...
. Part of the
British Overseas Territory
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of
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA),, ''Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou ke Dekélias''; tr, Ağrotur ve Dikelya İngiliz Egemen Üs Bölgeleri is a British Overseas Territory o ...
forms an enclave on the
Akrotiri Peninsula
The Akrotiri Peninsula is a short peninsula which includes the southernmost point of the island of Cyprus. It is bounded by Episkopi Bay to the west and Akrotiri Bay to the east and has two capes to the south-west and south-east, known as Cape Ze ...
, under the sovereignty of the
United Kingdom
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.
History
The buried ancient city of
Amathus is from Limassol. Archaeological excavations have unearthed ruins of the Byzantine period and a tomb of the 7th century BC. The ancient
Kolossi Castle, which is located to the west of Limassol, reflects the fall of
Acre
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and history of the
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and their confiscated property allotted to the Limassol District for cultivation of wine and sugarcane.
Geography
Limassol District forms much of the southwestern-central part of Cyprus. The
Kouris River rises in the southern slopes of
Troodos mountains
Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; el, Τρόοδος ; tr, Trodos Dağları) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus ( el, Όλυμπος), also known as Ch ...
, which lie in the northern part of the district towards the centre of Cyprus, and flows to the sea near the ancient city of
Kourion. This river has been dammed by the
Kouris Dam, which has caused the near drying up of the river in its lower reaches. Limassol, to the northeast of the Akrotiri peninsula lies on
Akrotiri Bay
Akrotiri Bay ( el, Κόλπος Ακρωτηρίου, ''Kolpos Akrotiriou''; tr, Limasol Körfezi) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea east of the Akrotiri Peninsula on the southern coast of the island of Cyprus. The Western Sovereign Base Ar ...
, while
Pissouri Pissouri is a village located in Limassol’s district, Cyprus (thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol’s centre), between Limassol and Paphos. Pissouri’s administrative area is the third biggest in Limassol District. The main settlement of ...
, to the northwest of the peninsula, lies on
Episkopi Bay
Episkopi Bay ( el, Κόλπος Επισκοπής; tr, Piskobu Körfezi) is a bay on the south-western shore of Cyprus, between Paphos and Akrotiri. It is famous for its beaches and fish restaurants. Despite the Turkish invasion and ensuing ...
. Episkopi Bay is a nesting ground for
green
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and
loggerhead turtles, both of which are on the
IUCN
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list of endangered species. Amathous Beach, Dassoudi Beach and part of
Governor's Beach are also situated in the district.
Settlements
According to ''Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus'' per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Limassol District has 6 municipalities and 106 communities. Municipalities are written with bold.
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Agios Amvrosios, Limassol
Agios Amvrosios ( el, Άγιος Αμβρόσιος) is a small village located in the Limassol District of Cyprus, northwest of the city of Limassol, near the village of Pachna
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Agios Athanasios, Cyprus
Agios Athanasios ( el, Άγιος Αθανάσιος) is an independent municipality of Cyprus located in the Limassol District. Located 3km (1.86 mi) away from the district's capital, Limassol, and named after the Athanasius of Alexandria, it f ...
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Agios Dimitrios, Cyprus
Agios Dimitrios ( el, Άγιος Δημήτριος) is a village in the Limassol District
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Agios Georgios, Limassol
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Agios Ioannis, Limassol
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Agios Konstantinos, Cyprus
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Agios Mamas, Limassol
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Agios Pavlos, Cyprus
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Agios Theodoros, Limassol
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Agios Therapon
Agios Therapon ( el, Άγιος Θεράπων) is a village in the Limassol District
Limassol District () or Lemesos ( el, Λεμεσός) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. , it had a population of 239,842, 77% of which was urban. Its m ...
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Agios Thomas, Cyprus
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Agios Tychonas
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Agridia
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Agros, Cyprus
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Akapnou
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Akrotiri (village)
Akrotiri ( gr, Ακρωτήρι, literally ''Cape'', tr, Ağrotur) is a village within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA with ...
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Akrounta
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Alassa
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Alektora
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Amiantos
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Anogyra
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Apesia
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Apsiou
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Arakapas
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Armenochori, Cyprus
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Arsos, Limassol
Arsos ( gr, Άρσος) is a village located in the Limassol District of Cyprus.
History
Arsos has been a winemaking village for centuries. It was already renowned for its vineyards in the 16th century, with the 1572 Ottoman census records su ...
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Asgata
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Asomatos, Limassol
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Avdimou
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Chandria
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Dierona
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Dora, Cyprus
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Doros, Cyprus
Doros ( gr, Δωρός) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 1 km north of Monagri.
Doros in Greek or Thoros in English is the name of the village, which is situated on a hill of 470 metres. It is hidden and surrounded ...
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Dymes
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Episkopi, Limassol
Episkopi ( el, Επισκοπή, tr, Piskobu) is a village lying partly in the Limassol district of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is approximately west of Limassol and east of Paphos. Episkopi ...
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Eptagoneia
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Erimi
Erimi is a village lying partly in the Limassol District of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It has a population of 1,432 according to the 2001 census. It has recently increased in size with the addit ...
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Fasoula, Limassol
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Foini
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Foinikaria
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Gerasa, Cyprus
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Germasogeia
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Gerovasa
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Kalo Chorio, Limassol
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Kaminaria
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Kantou, Cyprus
Kantou ( el, Καντού; tr, Çanakkale) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 2 km north of Erimi. Prior to 1960, the village was almost exclusively inhabited by Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, ...
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Kapilio
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Kato Kivides
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Kato Mylos
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Kato Platres
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Kato Polemidia
Kato Polemidia ( gr, Κάτω Πολεμίδια; tr, Aşağı Binatlı) is a municipality of Cyprus, located in the district of Limassol. It has a population of 22,369 according to the 2011 census.
History
The area of Kato Polemidia has b ...
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Kellaki
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Kissousa
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Klonari
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Koilani
Koilani ( gr, Κοιλάνι) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located south of Pera Pedi
Pera Pedi ( gr, Πέρα Πεδί) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 4 km south-east of Pano Platres. The ...
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Kolossi
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Korfi
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Kouka, Cyprus
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Kyperounta
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Laneia
Laneia (also spelt ''Lania''; el, Λάνεια or ; tr, Lanya) is a village at the foot of Troodos Mountains, Mount Troodos on the main Limassol to Troodos road, about 26 km from Limassol in the country of Cyprus. Lania is one of the coun ...
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Lemithou
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Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban populatio ...
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Limnatis, Limassol
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Lofou
Lofou ( gr, Λόφου) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 5 km northeast of Agios Therapon. Archaeological evidence indicates the area around the village has been inhabited since at least the early to middle Bronze Age ...
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Louvaras
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Malia, Cyprus
Malia ( gr, Μαλλιά, tr, Malya or ''Bağlarbaşı'') is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 4 km south of Omodos
Omodos ( gr, 'Ομοδος) is a village in the Troödos Mountains of Cyprus. It is also located i ...
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Mandria, Limassol
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Mathikoloni
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Mesa Geitonia
Mesa Geitonia ( el, Μέσα Γειτονιά) is a municipality of Cyprus, located in the district of Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the dis ...
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Monagri
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Monagroulli
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Moni, Cyprus
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Moniatis
Moniatis ( gr, Μονιάτης, tr, 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 Tur ...
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Mouttagiaka
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Omodos
Omodos ( gr, 'Ομοδος) is a village in the Troödos Mountains of Cyprus. It is also located in the Limassol District of Cyprus and is 80 kilometers from the city of Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ...
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Pachna
Pachna (Pakhna, Πάχνα) is a village in the Limassol District of the Republic of Cyprus. It is situated on the south slopes of the Troödos mountain range at an altitude of 745 m (2447 ft).
The name Pachna is thought to originate ...
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Palaiomylos
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Palodeia
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Pano Kivides
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Pano Polemidia
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Paramali
Paramali ( gr, Παραμάλι, tr, Paramal or ''Çayönü'') is a village on the south coast of the island of Cyprus, in the Limassol District east of Avdimou. Its district covers an area stretching north from the south coast of Cyprus, with r ...
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Paramytha
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Parekklisia
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Pelendri
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Pentakomo
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Pera Pedi
Pera Pedi ( gr, Πέρα Πεδί) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 4 km south-east of Pano Platres. The E802 road serves the village, and connects to Mandria in the West and Trimiklini
Trimiklini ( gr, Τριμ� ...
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Pissouri Pissouri is a village located in Limassol’s district, Cyprus (thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol’s centre), between Limassol and Paphos. Pissouri’s administrative area is the third biggest in Limassol District. The main settlement of ...
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Platanisteia
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Platres
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Potamiou
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Potamitissa
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Prastio (Avdimou)
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Prastio (Kellaki)
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Prodromos, Cyprus
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Pyrgos, Limassol
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Sanida
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Silikou
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Sotira, Limassol
Sotira ( gr, Σωτήρα) is a village located partly in the Limassol District of Cyprus, and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, west of Limassol, near Episkopi.
Sotira Culture
Sotira Culture (Ceramic Neolithic ...
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Souni–Zanatzia
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Spitali
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Sykopetra
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Trachoni, Limassol
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Treis Elies
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Trimiklini
Trimiklini ( gr, Τριμίκλινη) is a village in the Limassol District
Limassol District () or Lemesos ( el, Λεμεσός) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. , it had a population of 239,842, 77% of which was urban. Its main city i ...
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Troodos (community)
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Tserkezoi
Tserkezoi ( el, Τσερκέζοι or ; tr, Çerkez or ) is a village west of Limassol, Cyprus, lying partly in Limassol District, and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Tserkezoi is the Greek name of the Circass ...
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Vasa Kellakiou
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Vasa Koilaniou
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Vikla
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Vouni
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Ypsonas
Ypsonas (also spelled ''Ipsonas'', el, Ύψωνας, Ypsōnas, Turkish: İpsona) is a municipality in the Limassol prefecture of Cyprus. It is one of the largest villages in the Limassol District of Cyprus and is located about 7 kilometers west o ...
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Zoopigi
Quarters
The municipalities of Limassol, for administrative purposes, are divided into quarters. An exception is the
Ypsonas Municipality. The list below shows alphabetically the quarters per municipality.
Agios Athanasios Municipality
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Agios Athanasios
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Apostolos Loukas
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Agios Georgiou Fragkoudi
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Agios Stylianos
Germasogeia Municipality
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Agia Paraskevi
Agia Paraskevi ( el, Αγία Παρασκευή, ''Agía Paraskeví'') is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit. Agia Paraskevi was named after the ...
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Potamos Germasogeias
Kato Polemidia Municipality
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Archangelou Michael
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Anthoupolis
*Apostolos Varnavas
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Makarios
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Agios Nikolaos
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Panayias Evaggelistrias
Limassol Municipality
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Agia Zoni Agia, ayia, aghia, hagia, haghia or AGIA may refer to:
*''Agia'', feminine form of ''Agios'', 'saint'
Geography
* Agia, Cyprus
* Agia, Chania, a town in Chania (regional unit), Crete, Greece
*Agia, Larissa, Greece
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Agia Napa
Ayia Napa ( el, Άγια Νάπα tr, Aya Napa, ), officially romanised Agia Napa, is a tourist resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus.
Etymology
The name Ayia Napa is derived from a Venetian-era monastery of the sam ...
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Agia Trias
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Agia Fyla
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Agios Antonios
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Agios Georgiou
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Agios Ioannis
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Agios Nektarios
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Agios Nikolaos
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Agios Spiridonas
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Petrou Kai Pavlou
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Apostolos Andreas
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Arnaoutogeitonia
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Zakaki
Zakaki is one of the quarters of Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cypr ...
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Κatholiki
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Kapsalos
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Neapolis
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Omonoia
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Panayias Evaggelistrias
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Tzami Tzentit
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Tsiflikoudia
Mesa Geitonia Municipality
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Kontovathkia
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Panthea
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Prodromos
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Halkoutsa
Landmarks
Limassol, as the regional capital and a major centre for European tourism, contains many of the administrative and cultural buildings, and a large number of hotels along the seafront. Limassol District Court is located on Lord Byron Avenue near the Limassol city centre. It consists of a court complex with multiple buildings.
The city is known for its wineries, and revelry and nightlife. The Limassol District Archaeological Museum, located in Limassol, has historical artefacts from the towns of Kourion and
Amathus. The collections cover several periods, including Preneolithic (Akroteri culture), Early Neolithic (Shillourokambos culture), Neolithic I, Neolithic II (Sotira culture), Chalcolithic, Erimi Culture, Early Bronze Age, Μiddle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Cypro-Geometric period, Cypro-Archaic period, Cypro-Classical period, Hellenistic period, Roman period, and Late Roman/Early Christian/Early Byzantine period.
The
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region is a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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, and one of the churches,
Timios Stavros (Holy Cross) is situated in
Pelendri, Limassol District.
References
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