Dekernes

Town in Dakahlia, Egypt

Town in Dakahlia, Egypt

Dekernes

دكرنس

Town

Dekernes

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 31°5′18″N 31°35′49″E﻿ / ﻿31.08833°N 31.59694°E﻿ / 31.08833; 31.59694
Country|  Egypt
Governorate| Dakahlia
Area

[1]

• Total| 238.6 km2 (92.1 sq mi)
Elevation

| 8 m (26 ft)
Population

(2012)[1]

• Total| 372,871
• Density| 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
Area code| (+20) 50

Dekernes (Egyptian Arabic: دكرنس [deˈkeɾnes]) is a town in the center of the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. It is situated about 20 km east of Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia.

## Etymology[edit]

The town's name is pre-Arabic, but the exact etymology is unknown.[2] Czapkiewicz suggests that it is derived from a Hellenised version of Ancient Egyptian: tꜣ-qrnr, lit. 'land of Qerner (an epithet of Osiris)' through Coptic: ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣⲛⲓϭ/ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣⲛⲓ.[3]

## Education[edit]

The town is home to one of the oldest High schools in Egypt, Ali Mubarak School, which was built in 1911.[citation needed]

## Climate[edit]

See also: Nile Delta § Climate

Dekernes is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh).

Climate data for Dekernes

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average high °C (°F)  | 17.9
(64.2)  | 19
(66)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 30.1
(86.2)  | 31.7
(89.1)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 32.2
(90.0)  | 30.9
(87.6)  | 28.2
(82.8)  | 24.4
(75.9)  | 19.7
(67.5)  | 26.1
(78.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 12.5
(54.5)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 15.6
(60.1)  | 18.9
(66.0)  | 22.8
(73.0)  | 25.2
(77.4)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 26.6
(79.9)  | 25.1
(77.2)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 19.3
(66.7)  | 14.5
(58.1)  | 20.3
(68.5)
Average low °C (°F)  | 7.2
(45.0)  | 7.8
(46.0)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 12.4
(54.3)  | 15.5
(59.9)  | 18.7
(65.7)  | 21.1
(70.0)  | 21
(70)  | 19.3
(66.7)  | 17.7
(63.9)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 14.5
(58.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 15
(0.6)  | 9
(0.4)  | 6
(0.2)  | 4
(0.2)  | 3
(0.1)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 5
(0.2)  | 8
(0.3)  | 11
(0.4)  | 61
(2.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

## Villages[edit]

Location of Dekernes

Dekernes is the main city in markaz Dekernes. It is surrounded by many small villages which form a part of markaz Dekernes such as:

Local unit of Demouh:

* Demouh
* El Qibab El Kubra
* El Qibab El Sughra
* Kafr El Qibab
* El Gazeera
* Meit Dhafer
* El Mersaah
* Kafr Abdel Mo'men

Local unit of Demeshalt:

* Demeshalt
* Meit El Nahhal
* Kafr El Baz

Local unit of Negeir:

* Negeir
* El Qalyubiya
* El Azazna
* Kafr Abu Nasser

Others:

* El Mahmoudiya
* Manshat Abdel-Rahman
* Ashmun El Rumman (According to Gauthier, the original village name was "Chemoun Erman", a Coptic name, from which today's name is derived[5])
* Mit Tareif
* Mit Sudan
* Mit Sewiyd
* Mit Sharaf
* Mit Fares

## Notable people[edit]

* Sami Al-Adl [ar], an actor and producer.[6]

## Projects[edit]

In 2018 money was earmarked by the Egyptian Government for infrastructure projects in Dekernes.[7]

## References[edit]

* Egypt portal

1. ^ a b "Dikirnis (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 35.
3. ^ Czapkiewicz, Andrzej (1971). Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Elements in the Toponomy of Contemporary Egypt. p. 24.
4. ^ "Climate: Dekernes - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
5. ^ Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte (in Arabic). l'Institut français d'archeologie orientale. 1971-01-01.
6. ^ "وفاة الفنان سامى العدل". today.almasryalyoum.com. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
7. ^ "Egypt to carry out $550mln sanitary project". Thomson Reuters Projects MENA. Mubasher.

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