In an enchanting environment next to the Germasogeia water-damn, at a distance of about 14 kilometers northeast from the city of Limassol, lies built the village Finikaria.

The village stands at an average altitude of 70 meters altough northenly it increases up to 600 meters. The region is fragmented by the small tributaries of the Germasogeia river.

Finikaria receives an average annual rainfall of about 490 millimeters; citrus-fruits, olive trees, and very few cereals are cultivated in the area. A large part of its administrative range north of the settlement is occupied by the State Forest of Limassol.

From a transportational point of view, Finikaria connects with the village of Germasogeia in the south-west and from there on to the city of limassol.

Up untill 1946 the village had a mixed population and from then on it was purely Greek, undergoing several fluctuations of the population. In 1881 the inhabitants were 92, increasing to 136 in 1891, to 159 in 1901, to 197 in 1911, to 227 in 1921, and to 240 in 1931. Then the village was hit by the urban pull and the number of inhabitants decreased to 227 in 1946, to 200 in 1960, to 142 in 1973, and to 113 in 1982. In the last census –done in 2001 –the inhabitants were 300.

The village existed during Medieval times and was –most probably –established in the Byzantine years. In old maps it is marked as Phinica, as Einicaria, and as Emicaria in a map of the Venetian domination era. However, it is not known whether the village was a feud of any family of nobles.

The name of the village originates –obviously –from the tree “Foinikia” (palm tree), thus Finikaria are the small/young palm-trees. Names originating from the palm-tree are quite often met in Cyprus.

The village is close to the ancient city of Amathus and the area probably belonged to this kingdom during ancient times.

Today, the inhabitants of the community run up to 300, of which 100 are foreign citizens (British, French, German, Russian, Arab, Italian).

The community of Finikaria has nothing to be jealous of from the city as far as the offering of services is concerned and at the same time it has not lost the advantages of living in a village.

Presently there is rapid building development and the Community Council is quickly advancing in the construction of developmental projects.

The community has a cultural center, a community park, a lending library, and an amphitheater.