Back تريميتوسيا ARZ Треметусия Bulgarian Tremetussià Catalan Tremetousia/Erdemli German Τρεμετουσιά Greek تریمیتوزیا Persian Tremetousiá Finnish Tremetousiá French Տրեմետուսիա Armenian Tremetousia Italian
Tremetousia
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  Tremetousia Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°5′1″N 33°36′28″E / 35.08361°N 33.60778°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Cyprus |
| • District | Larnaca District |
| Country (de facto) |  Northern Cyprus[1] |
| • District | Lefkoşa District |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 169 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tremetousia (Greek: Τρεμετουσιά [locally [tremetuˈʃa]]; Turkish: Tremeşe or Erdemli) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 7 km east of Athienou. It is one of only four villages in the district under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, the other three being Arsos, Melouseia and Pergamos.
The village is the successor of the ancient city Tremithus (Ancient Greek: Τρεμιθοῦς), mentioned by Ptolemy, Hierocles, George of Cyprus, Stephanus of Byzantium and other ancient geographers.[3] The usurper Isaac Comnenus of Cyprus was defeated here in 1191 by Richard Coeur de Lion, who afterwards took possession of Cyprus. The city was then destroyed and survives only in the village.[3]
- ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
- ^ KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 17
- ^ a b Siméon Vailhé, "Tremithus" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)