Nakla el-Anab
# Nakla el-Anab

Nakla el-Anab (Arabic: نكلا العنب) is a village in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. According to the 2006 statistics, the total population of Nakla el-Anab was 22,208 people, including 11,639 men and 10,569 women.

## History

Muhammad Ramzi identified it with Aykelah (Arabic: أكيلا), a town mentioned by John of Nikiou, which was a birthplace of a Byzantine topoteretes Abaskiron and became a scene of rebellion against the emperor Maurice. After the suppression of the rebellion the town was reportedly set to flames.

He also reports about a conflict that existed between the inhabitants of Nakla and Sais, which revolved around an island between the two towns, which is today called Gazirat Nakla.

"The grapes" (Arabic: العنب, romanized: el anab) suffix was added to the village's name in the Ottoman period.

