Agia Marinouda is a small village in the district of Pafos. Its altitude is 120 meters and is situated on the southeast of Pafos, 2.5 km eastwards of Geroskipou. The largest part of the village is covered with plain and it is cultivated with grain, green fodder, some vineyards and very few citrus fruit trees. A redistribution plan was completed in 1980 and it covered almost 3345 km². A rural road network was constructed and many ownership problems are solved. The area is irrigated by an irrigation plan and it is exploited with irrigated cultivations. Within the irrigated areas, the habitants cultivate nuts, citrus fruits, table grapes and vegetables.

The population of the village in 1881 was 41, and even though there were some fluctuations it remained almost the same till 1976 (36). In 1982 the population has grown to 82 people. The results of the last enumeration of the population, which was conducted in 2001, showed that the habitants were 280. The contiguity with Pafos, which is a constantly developing town, may contribute to the increase of the village’s population in the future.

The first dorp was built on the point where the calcium rocks of the hills and the alluvial land of the plain meet. A small fountain next to the brook used to supply the village with water.

The first houses of the village are gradually abandoned. Next to the village, on a prominent place, the tourist apartments, which are built, have changed completely the scenery. Some other houses are built in the land of the habitants between the first dorp and the main road of Pafos-Limassol.

The basic version concerning the denomination of the village mentions that it was called Agia Marinouda because it was very small and the habitants wanted to differentiate it from the other villages named after Saint Marina (Agia Marina), so they called it Agia Marinouda (small Marina).

In the past, the entire community used to breed silkworms. In the area there were many mulberries, which were the basic nourishment of silkworms. In the area of Geroskipou there was a factory for the process of silkworms’ cocoons. For more information please visit the page of traditional arts.