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