Timay al-Imdid
تمى الأمديد ⲑⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ | |
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the Islamic complex of Temay El Amdeed | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′38″N 31°31′45″E / 30.94384°N 31.52926°E | |
| Country | |
| Governorate | Dakahlia Governorate |
| Area | |
• Total | 131 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2019 (estimated)) | |
• Total | 201,956 |
| • Density | 1,540/km2 (3,990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Timay al-Imdid (Arabic: تمي الإمديد Timayy al-Imdīd, Coptic: ⲑⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲡϭⲓⲙⲉⲛⲧⲏϯ thmoui pčhimentēti), the ancient Thmuis 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.
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.
There were Coptic revolts in Timayy in 725-726 and 831-832. It had a Christian bishopric.
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Timay al-Imdid (as "Tami-el-Amdid") as a nahiyah under the markaz of El Senbellawein in Dakahlia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 1,338 (694 men and 644 women).