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Dekernes ( ) 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.

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Place details

Locality
إنتركويل
Region
الدقهلية
Country
مصر
Population
101,082
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Dekernes
Settlement.native_name
دكرنس
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Dakahlia
Settlement.area_total_km2
238.6
Settlement.population_as_of
2023
Settlement.population_total
381,651
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_sq_mi
auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Egypt
Elevation
13
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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Dekernes ( ) 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. Czapkiewicz suggests that it is derived from a Hellenised version of through .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dikirnis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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