Mit Okba Mit Akaba | |
Native Name: | ميِّت عُّقْبة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Coordinates: | 30.0608°N 31.1954°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Giza |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
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.[1] Many of the original houses, and much of the narrow street fabric remains today.
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 .[2]