Lympia

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Lympia Λύμπια
Image:Lympia.jpg
Country	Cyprus
District	Nicosia District
Government
- Mayor	Sofoklis Savva
Population (2001^[1])
- Total	2,268
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	2566
Website: http://www.lympia.com/

Lympia (also spelt Lymbia) (Greek: Λύμπια) is a large village in Cyprus, located in the Nicosia District. By the 2001 census it had a total population of 2,268.

The name derives from the original name of the settlement Olympia.

Lympia is well known from the Χυτά (A recycling plant) incident in 2007 when the people of Lymbia wanted to make the government move the plant further away from their village.