Limassol

Limassol or Lemesos (, Lemesós;  or Leymosun) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Cyprus,  wi a population o 228,000  (2008). It is the lairgest ceety in geographical size, an the biggest municipality on the island. The ceety is locatit on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's soothren coast an it is the caipital o Limassol Destrict.

Limassol is the biggest port in the Mediterranean transit tred. It haes an aa acome ane o the maist important tourism, tred an service-providin centres in the aurie. Limassol is renouned for its lang cultural tradeetion, an is hame tae the Cyprus University o Technology. A wide spectrum o activities an a nummer o museums an archaeological sites are available tae the interestit visitor.  Consequently, Limassol attracts a wide range o tourists maistly durin an extendit simmer saison tae be accommodatit in a wide range o hotels an apairtments. Thare are an aa plans tae big a lairge marina in Limassol.
Limassol wis biggit atween twa auncient ceeties, Amathus an Kourion, sae durin Byzantine rule it wis kent as Neapolis (new toun).  Limassol's tourist strip nou runs east alag the coast as far as Amathus. Tae the wast o the ceety is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Aurie, pairt o the Breetish Owerseas Territory o Akrotiri an Dhekelia.

Limassol enjoys a Subtropical climate. Here is the heichest average annual temperature (25 °C (77.0 °F) durin the day an 15 °C (59.0 °F) at nicht) an the warmest winters in European Union's pairt o Mediterranean Sea, wi average temperature o 18 °C (64.4 °F) durin the day an 9 °C (48.2 °F) at nicht in the period December tae Februar. The simmer's saison lasts 8–9 month, frae Mairch/Aprile tae November, awtho an aa in the period frae December tae Februar temperatures whiles exceeds 20 °C (68.0 °F). Sea temperature varies frae 17 °C (62.6 °F) in Februar tae 27 °C (80.6 °F) in August.

The ceety an destrict o Limassol attracts millions o tourists each year.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Limassol is twinned wi:
  Nanjing in Cheenae
  Alexandria in Egyp
  Marseille in Fraunce
  Niederkassel in Germany  Heraklion in Crete, Greece
  Patras in Greece
  Rhodes in Greece
  Thessaloniki in Greece  Ioannina in Greece
  Zakynthos in Greece
  Haifa in Israel (syne 2000) 
  Tel Aviv in Israel

References

Category:Populatit places in Limassol Destrict
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Cyprus