Timay al-Imdid ( ', ' ''pčhimentēti''), the ancient

Thmuis Thmuis (; Greek: ; ) 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, Thmuis succeeded ...

and

Mendes Mendes (, ''Genitive case, gen''.: ), the Greek language, Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in ancient Egypt as Per (hieroglyph), Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet, is known today as Te ...

, is a city and

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Dakahlia Governorate Dakahlia ( ', ) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo, Egypt. Its area is approximately 3,500 km2. Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient town of Daqahlah (, from ) which is locat ...

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. 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 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 Chữ Nôm (, ) is a logographic writing system formerly used t ...

''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 year ...

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

History

There were Coptic

revolts In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elemen ...

in Timayy in 725-726 and 831-832. It had a

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

bishopric. The

1885 Census of Egypt Events January * 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 Vietnam. * January 1 ...

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

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, 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 divisi ...

under the district of

El Senbellawein El Senbellawein ( ) 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-Sayed, singer Umm Kulthum ...

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

Notable people

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