Mit Okba

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.

Mit Okba Mit Akaba ميِّت عُّقْبة
Mit Okba Mit Akaba Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30.060774°N 31.195407°E / 30.060774; 31.195407
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Giza
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

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).^[2]