Mit Okba

Place in Giza, Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 fields.[1] Many of the original houses, and much of the narrow street fabric remains today.

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Mit Okba
Mit Akaba
ميِّت عُّقْبة
Mit OkbaMit Akaba is located in Egypt
Mit OkbaMit Akaba
Mit Okba
Mit Akaba
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30.060774°N 31.195407°E / 30.060774; 31.195407
Country Egypt
GovernorateGiza
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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History

It was founded 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).[2]

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