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{{short description|Town in Dakahlia, Egypt}}
{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dekernes
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'''Dekernes''' ({{langx|arz|دكرنس}} {{IPA|arz|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==
The town's name is pre-Arabic, but the exact etymology is unknown.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Peust |first=Carsten |title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten |url=http://www.peust.de/ortsnamen_original.pdf |page=35}}</ref> Czapkiewicz suggests that it is derived from a Hellenised version of {{Langx|egy|tꜣ-qrnr|lit=land of Qerner (an epithet of Osiris)}} through {{Langx|cop|ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣⲛⲓϭ/ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣⲛⲓ}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Czapkiewicz |first=Andrzej |title=Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Elements in the Toponomy of Contemporary Egypt |year=1971 |pages=24}}</ref>

==Education==
The town is home to one of the oldest High schools in Egypt, Ali Mubarak School, which was built in 1911.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
==Geography==
The town is located about 20 km east of [[Mansoura]], the capital of [[Dakahlia]].
=== Climate ===
{{see also|Nile Delta#Climate}}

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

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{{Weather box
|location = Dekernes
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|Jan high C = 17.9
|Feb high C = 19
|Mar high C = 21.5
|Apr high C = 25.4
|May high C = 30.1
|Jun high C = 31.7
|Jul high C = 31.9
|Aug high C = 32.2
|Sep high C = 30.9
|Oct high C = 28.2
|Nov high C = 24.4
|Dec high C = 19.7

|Jan mean C=12.5
|Feb mean C=13.4
|Mar mean C=15.6
|Apr mean C=18.9
|May mean C=22.8
|Jun mean C=25.2
|Jul mean C=26.5
|Aug mean C=26.6
|Sep mean C=25.1
|Oct mean C=22.9
|Nov mean C=19.3
|Dec mean C=14.5

|Jan low C = 7.2
|Feb low C = 7.8
|Mar low C = 9.8
|Apr low C = 12.4
|May low C = 15.5
|Jun low C = 18.7
|Jul low C = 21.1
|Aug low C = 21
|Sep low C = 19.3
|Oct low C = 17.7
|Nov low C = 14.3
|Dec low C = 9.4

|Jan precipitation mm = 15
|Feb precipitation mm = 9
|Mar precipitation mm = 6
|Apr precipitation mm = 4
|May precipitation mm = 3
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 5
|Nov precipitation mm = 8
|Dec precipitation mm = 11

|source 1 = ''Climate-Data.org''<ref>{{cite web| url= http://en.climate-data.org/location/3998/ | title= Climate: Dekernes - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table | access-date= 13 August 2013 | publisher= Climate-Data.org }}</ref>
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==Villages==
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Location of Dekernes
| image_map = Dekernes, Dakahliya.svg
}}

Dekernes is the main city in [[Subdivisions of Egypt|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 language|Coptic]] name, from which today's name is derived<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtEMAQAAMAAJ&q=%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3|title=Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte|date=1971-01-01|publisher=l'Institut français d'archeologie orientale|language=ar}}</ref>)
* Mit Tareif
* Mit Sudan
* Mit Sewiyd
* Mit Sharaf
* Mit Fares

==Notable people==
*{{ill|Sami Al-Adl|ar|سامي العدل}}, an actor and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.almasryalyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=550199|title=وفاة الفنان سامى العدل|website=today.almasryalyoum.com|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref>

==Projects==
In 2018 money was earmarked by the Egyptian Government for infrastructure projects in Dekernes.<ref name="Projects 2017">{{cite news |title=Egypt to carry out $550mln sanitary project |url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Egypt_to_carry_out_550mln_sanitary_project-SNG_131053007/ |work=Thomson Reuters Projects MENA |publisher=Mubasher}}</ref>

==References==
{{portal|Egypt}}
{{reflist}}

{{Cities of Egypt}}
{{Egyptian Cities}}

[[Category:Populated places in Dakahlia Governorate]]

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