Lemithou ( gr, Λεμύθου), also spelt Lemythou, 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 is Limassol. Part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia form ...
of
Cyprus
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, located 3
km west of
Prodromos, the highest village in Cyprus, in the
Marathasa Valley of the
Troodos Mountains
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.
Lemithou is the birthplace of Cypriot
philanthropist and businessman
Anastasios George Leventis, who made his fortune in
Gold Coast
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** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
(now
Ghana
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) and
Nigeria
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.
Lemithou is also known for the Mitsis Commercial School of Lemithou. The book ''Mitsis Commercial School of Lemithou (1912-2004)'' (Η Εμπορική Σχολή Μιτσή Λεμύθου (1912-2004)) by Costis Kokkinoftas, published in Nicosia in 2005, is presented in the 19 December 2013 issue of ''Alithia'' newspaper by Maria Piliotou. The founder of the school was Demosthenis Mitsis and the first principal was the very well known Cypriot poet
Demetris Lipertis.
References
http://gym-lemithou-lem.schools.ac.cy/
Communities in Limassol District
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