The community of Pomos finds itself 60 kilometres
of the north-easterly city of Paphos, in the geographic region of
Tillyria.
The village is built next to the sea, in medium altitude of 10 meters.
Roughly two and a half kilometre in the south-eastern side of the
village the altitude reaches the 600 meters (locality Hill Top), and
also in a distance of roughly 5 kilometres of southerly-eastern Pomos,
very near to its administrative limits, Lorovounos is found, at an
altitude of 670 meters.
The village of Pomos accepts a medium annual rainfall of around 440
millimetres of water and in its region they are cultivated citrus
fruits, bananas, almond trees, avocado, walnut trees, olive trees, few
vegetables and pistachio-nuts. In the region exist many uncultivated
areas that are covered by natural vegetation such as pines and thyme.
The southern side of the village is included in the government owned
forest of Paphos.
As far as transportation is concerned, the village of Pomos is found
next to the coastal street of Polis-Xeros. Via the street, the village
of Pomos is connected in the north-eastern side with the village
Pachiammos (5 Km) and in the south-western side with the village New
Dimmata (5 km) and via this village with the village Polis (20 km). In
the north side of the village in a distance of 2 kilometres the Cape
of Pomos is found, that took its name from the village. The way from
the village of Polis up to Pomos, as it is known, is considered to be
the most graphic way in Cyprus.
The village is included in the Irrigatory Work of Chrysochous, by
which it has been profited, during its second phase, with the
irrigation of other important extents of ground in its coastal region.
The coastal position of the village contributed in the growth of
fishery. In the coastal of Pomos, it functions a piscatorial shelter,
which entertains the fishing boats of the residents of the region.
The village met a continuous demographic increase. In 1881 the
residents of village were 183 but 100 years later the residents
increased to 543. In the last inventory that took place in 2001 the
residents of the community were measured to be 568.
The village existed with the same precisely name at the medieval years
and in old maps it is marked as Pomo. Certain researchers and students
write the village in the type Pomos, something however that is not
explained etymologically. On the contrary, equitable it appears to be
the writing type Pwmos, because the name of the village is considered
that it has ancient Greek origin, from the word altar or "Vwmos". It
is very likely at the antiquity to existed in the region a temple of a
goddess (maybe that of Venus) with a famous altar.
In the region of the village it exists an archaeological space of the
prehistorically years, that still has not been investigated and
studied completely. Exists also the theory that in the same region
existed the legendary Cypriot ancient city of Kallinousa, that however
is not confirmed in ancient literary sources and has not been
supported from the archaeological research. Unique clue on the
existence of such an ancient city (if it existed) was the ancient name
of the cape of Pomos, that Klavdios the Ptolemaios named Kallinousa.
Again, certain old investigators (as the archimandrite Kyprianos)
identify the Kallinousan with the also ancient Cypriot City Alexandria
, which is found marked in medieval maps as Alexandreta (Alesandreta)
, in the region of Pomos.
After some existing clues they report and lead that existed in the
region of Pomos some ancient settlements that were not however
important cities. Is thus justified the most likely ancient origin of
the name of the village.
The region of Pomos is connected likely with the arrival of Agia Eleni
there, during the 14th AC century, when the mother of Constantine the
Great had visited Cyprus. Once again they do not exist more certain
explicit clues, except the fact that near Pomos it existed also
another settlement (of the Byzantine years and the years of domination
of the Franks), that was named Agia Eleni. This settlement is found in
the north side of Pomos. It was destroyed during the period of the
Ottoman domination.
In the village, the Virgin Mary is honoured particularly. In deed, in
the region there is a small monastery dedicated in the Virgin Mary the
Chrysopateritsa . The monastery is found roughly 5 kilometres of the
north-westerly current settlement. Today is saved only its homonym
church that was reconditioned from the department
