Mit Okba Explained

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.

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 .[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-11-27 . Mīt 'Uqba - Tadamun . https://web.archive.org/web/20131127095448/http://www.tadamun.info/?post_type=city&p=260 . 2013-11-27 . 2022-11-05 .
  2. Book: Stefan, Timm . Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit . 1988 . 1652.