Limassol

Limassol
Limassol ; Λεμεσ?? / Limasol
	Limassol
	Coordinates: 34°40′29″N 33°02′39″E / 34.67472°N 33.04417°E
Kintra	Cyprus
Destrict	Limassol Destrict
Govrenment
? Mayor	Nicos Nicolaides ( EDEK )
Area
? City	44.87 km 2 (17.32 sq mi)
Population (2011)
? City	101,000
? Urban	183,658
? Metro	239,842
Time zone	UTC+2 ( EET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+3 ( EEST )
Postal code	3010?3150
Website	www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy

Limassol or Lemesos ( Greek : Λεμεσ?? , Lemesos ; Turkis : Limasol 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.