Limassol district

The Limassol District, simply known as Limassol or Lemesos, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. As of 2021, it had a population of 262,238, 75,7% of which was urban The district's capital city is .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Limassol and Troodos Square.

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is the second largest city of . Following the Turkish invasion in 1974, it has become the principal sea port and has also developed into a significant tourist destination.

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refers to a small collection of shops and accommodations high up in the Troodos mountain range.

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is a village built on the Troödos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest , which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres with a population of approximately 1,000.

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is a village in Limassol district. Perched high up on the Troodos Mountains, it is a refuge from the sweltering heat that dominates summer period on the lower parts of the island.

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is a village in Limassol District. Most famous for wineries and small-village charm.

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is a village in Limassol district with 865 inhabitants in 2011. It is subdivided into Pano and Kato , which fuels healthy local rivalry but for all intents and purposes they are the same village.

Limassol district

Latitude of center
34.7667° or 34° 46′ north
Longitude of center
32.9333° or 32° 56′ east
Population
235,000
Elevation
290 metres (951 feet)
Geo­Names ID
146383
Wiki­data ID
Q59150
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Limassol district” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሊማሶል”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليماسول”
  • Arabic: “منطقة ليماسول”
  • Arabic: “منطقه ليماسول”
  • Armenian: “Լիմասոլի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Limasol”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Limasol”
  • Asturian: “Limasol (distritu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Limasol rayonu”
  • Basque: “Limasolgo barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Лімасол”
  • Belarusian: “Лімасол (раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Лімасол”
  • Belarusian: “раён Лімасол”
  • Bengali: “লিমাসোল জেলা”
  • Bulgarian: “Лимасол”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Limassol”
  • Cebuano: “Eparchía Lemesoú”
  • Chinese: “利马索尔区”
  • Czech: “Distrikt Lemesos”
  • Czech: “Distrikt Limassol”
  • Czech: “Lemesos”
  • Danish: “Limassol District”
  • Dutch: “Limasol”
  • Dutch: “Limassol”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Limasolo”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Limasolo”
  • Finnish: “Limassolin alue”
  • French: “district de Limassol”
  • French: “District de Limassol”
  • French: “Limassol”
  • Georgian: “ლიმასოლის რაიონი”
  • German: “Bezirk Limassol”
  • German: “CY-05”
  • German: “Limassol”
  • Greek: “Lemesós”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Λεμεσού”
  • Greek: “Λεμεσός”
  • Gujarati: “લિમાસોલ જિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Limassol”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לימסול”
  • Hindi: “लिमासोल जिला”
  • Hindi: “लिमासोल ज़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Limassol kerület”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Limassol”
  • Italian: “distretto di Limassol”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Limassol”
  • Japanese: “リマソール地区”
  • Javanese: “Limassol”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಮಾಸಾಲ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Лимасол”
  • Kirghiz: “Лимасол”
  • Korean: “리마솔 구”
  • Korean: “리마솔구”
  • Kurdish: “qezaya Lîmasolê”
  • Latvian: “Limasolas eparhija”
  • Limburgan: “Limasol”
  • Lithuanian: “Limasolio apygarda”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bezierk Limassol”
  • Malay: “Daerah Limassol”
  • Marathi: “लिमासोल जिल्हा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Distrikt Limassol”
  • Northern Frisian: “Limassol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Limassol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Lemesós”
  • Norwegian: “Limassol”
  • Oromo: “Limaasol”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਿਮਾਸੋਲ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه لیماسول”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Limassol”
  • Portuguese: “Limassol”
  • Pushto: “لیماسول”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Limassol”
  • Russian: “Επαρχία Λεμεσού”
  • Russian: “Λεμεσού”
  • Russian: “Лемесос”
  • Russian: “Лимасол”
  • Scots: “Limassol Destrict”
  • Serbian: “Лимасол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Limasol (distrikt)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Limasol”
  • Sinhala: “ලිමස්සොල් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, සයිප්‍රසය”
  • Sinhala: “ලිමස්සොල් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Eparhija Limassol”
  • Somali: “Limaasol”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Limasol”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Limassol”
  • Spanish: “Limasol”
  • Swahili: “Limassol”
  • Swedish: “Eparchía Lemesoú”
  • Swedish: “Limassol”
  • Tajik: “Лимасол”
  • Tamil: “லிமஸ்ஸோல் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Лимасол”
  • Telugu: “లిమాసోల్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตลีมาซอล”
  • Turkish: “Limasol Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Limasol İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Limasol kazası”
  • Turkish: “Limassol District”
  • Ukrainian: “Лімасол”
  • Urdu: “ضلع لیماسول”
  • Uzbek: “Limasol”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Limassol”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Limassol”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Limassol”
  • Western Armenian: “Լիմասոլ”
  • Western Frisian: “Limassol (distrikt)”
  • Western Frisian: “Limassol”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع لیمیسوس”

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