Timay al-Imdid
تمى الأمديد
ⲑⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ
the Islamic complex of Temay El Amdeed
the Islamic complex of Temay El Amdeed
Timay al-Imdid is located in Nile Delta
Timay al-Imdid
Timay al-Imdid
Location in Egypt
Timay al-Imdid is located in Egypt
Timay al-Imdid
Timay al-Imdid
Timay al-Imdid (Egypt)
Coordinates: 30°56′38″N 31°31′45″E / 30.94384°N 31.52926°E / 30.94384; 31.52926[1]
Country Egypt
GovernorateDakahlia Governorate
Area
[2]
 • Total131 km2 (51 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2019 (estimated))[2]
 • Total201,956
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Timay al-Imdid (Arabic: تمي الإمديد Timayy al-Imdīd, Coptic: ⲑⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ thmoui pčhimentēti), the ancient Thmuis[3] and Mendes, is a city and markaz in Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. The estimated population of the markaz in 2019 was 201,956, with 19,366 living in urban areas and 182,590 in rural areas.[2]

Name

The name Timayy is derived from the Coptic word ⲑⲙⲟⲩ tmoui, meaning "island", a fairly common Coptic place name element. In this case it is an abbreviation of Demotic tꜣ-mꜣw.t-n-pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏd.t "the island of Mendes". The second part Amdid (older form Mandid or Mandadi) comes from Coptic: ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ, a compound toponym the first part of which is ϭⲓⲏ "border, edge" and the second one comes from Egyptian pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏd.t "temple of Aries of the lord of ḏdt" which is also the source of Ancient Greek: Μενδης.[4]

History

There were Coptic revolts in Timayy in 725-726 and 831-832. It had a Christian bishopric.[3]

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Timay al-Imdid (as "Tami-el-Amdid") as a nahiyah under the district of El Senbellawein in Dakahlia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 1,338 (694 men and 644 women).[5]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Geonames.org. Timayy al Imdīd". Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Timay al-Imdīd (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). Matériaux pour servir à la géographie de l'Égypte. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Peust, Carsten (2010). Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. p. 96.
  5. ↑ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 303. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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