Temay El Amdeed

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]

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: 30.94384°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)

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. "Geonames.org. Timayy al Imdīd". Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "Timay al-Imdīd (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. 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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