Timay al-Imdid ( ar, تمي الإمديد ', cop, ⲑⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ ' ''pčhimentēti''), the ancient

Thmuis Thmuis (; Greek: ; ar, Tell El-Timai) was a city in Lower Egypt, located on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches. Its ruins are near the modern city of Timayy al-Imdid. History During the Ptolemaic period, Thm ...

and

Mendes Mendes ( grc-gre, Μένδης, ''gen''.: ), the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet, is known today as Tell El-Ruba ( ar, تل ال ...

, is a city and markaz in

Dakahlia Governorate Dakahlia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الدقهلية ', ) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo. Its area is approximately 3,500 km2. Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient to ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. The estimated population of the markaz in 2019 was 201,956, with 19,366 living in urban areas and 182,590 in rural areas.

Name

The name ''Timayy'' is derived from the

Coptic Coptic may refer to: Afro-Asia * Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya * Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century * Coptic alphabet ...

word ⲑⲙⲟⲩ ''tmoui'', meaning "island", a fairly common Coptic place name element. In this case it is an abbreviation of

Demotic Demotic may refer to: * Demotic Greek, the modern vernacular form of the Greek language * Demotic (Egyptian), an ancient Egyptian script and version of the language * Chữ Nôm, the demotic script for writing Vietnamese See also * * Demos (disa ...

''tꜣ-mꜣw.t-n-pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏd.t'' "the island of Mendes". The second part ''Amdid'' (older form Mandid or Mandadi) comes from , a compound toponym the first part of which is ϭⲓⲏ "border, edge" and the second one comes from

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

''pr-bꜣ-nb-ḏd.t'' "temple of Aries of the lord of ḏdt" which is also the source of .

History

There were

revolts in Timayy in 107H and 216H. It had a

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

bishopric. The

1885 Census of Egypt Events January–March * January 3–January 4, 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietn ...

recorded Timay al-Imdid (as "Tami-el-Amdid") as a

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...

under the district of

El Senbellawein El Senbellawein ( ar, السنبلاوين ) is a city in the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. Located about south of Mansoura, it has a population of approximately 435,000 inhabitants. Famous residents include political activist Ahmed Lutfi el-Sa ...

; at that time, the population of the town was 1,338 (694 men and 644 women).

Notable people

El Deif Ahmed El Deif Ahmed, ( ar, الضيف أحمد, December 12, 1936 – April 6, 1970) was an Egyptian actor. He was part of the stand-up comedy trio Tholathy Adwa'a El Masrah alongside George Sidhom and Samir Ghanem.Populated places in Dakahlia Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub