Mit Okba Mit Akaba ميِّت عُّقْبة | |
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  Mit Okba Mit Akaba Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates:30°03′39″N31°11′43″E / 30.060774°N 31.195407°E /30.060774; 31.195407 | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Giza |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Mit Okba orMit Akaba (Arabic:ميِّت عُّقْبة) is a formervillage, that was incorporated in the 1950s as twoshiakhas (census blocks) in theAgouza district ofGiza,Egypt, as the real estate development ofMadinat al-Awqaf was built on its fields.[1] Many of the original houses, and much of the narrow street fabric remains today.
It was found by Uqba bin Amir al-Guhni in665. The ancientCopticTheotokos church (which also could be a monastery) used to be in Mit Okba which Copts calledtiMone enAkope (Coptic:ϯⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲛ̀ⲁⲕⲟⲡⲉ).[2]
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