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Mit Okba Mit Akaba ميِّت عُّقْبة
Mit Okba Mit AkabaLocation in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°03′39″N 31°11′43″E / 30.060774°N 31.195407°E / 30.060774; 31.195407
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Giza
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Mit Okba or Mit Akaba (Arabic: ميِّت عُّقْبة) is a former village, that was incorporated in the 1950s as two shiakhas (census blocks) in the Agouza district of Giza, Egypt, as the real estate development of Madinat al-Awqaf was built on its fileds. Many of the original houses, and much of the narrow street fabric remains today.

History

It was found by Uqba bin Amir al-Guhni in 665. The ancient Coptic Theotokos church (which also could be a monastery) used to be in Mit Okba which Copts called tiMone enAkope (Coptic: ϯⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲛ̀ⲁⲕⲟⲡⲉ).

References

1. "Mīt 'Uqba - Tadamun". 2013-11-27. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
2. Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 1652.

External links

• Paving the Streets of Meet Okba
• Mīt `Uqba Market

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