Official Name: | Agios Mamas |
Native Name: | Άγιος Μάμας |
Pushpin Map: | Cyprus |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Agios Mamas in Cyprus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cyprus |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 105 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.8503°N 32.9481°W |
Elevation M: | 590 |
Postal Code: | 4741 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Agios Mamas is a small village in the Limassol region of Cyprus. It is located on the southern slopes of the Troodos mountain range in the area famous for its Commandaria wine.
The village is built in an amphitheatric layout under Mount Zalaka. It is named after Saint Mamas, a 3rd-century Christian martyr and the main village church, built on the hill above the main settlement, is dedicated to the saint. A second small church on the southern outskirts of the village is dedicated to Saint Paraskevi and its interior is covered with wall paintings. The village also has a cultural centre with a small library next to the church and a shop with a post office and a bank in the centre of the village.[2]
Local inhabitants are mainly involved in viticulture as well as a growing olives, almonds and other fruit trees.