Dikirnis is a town in the center of the Dakahlia Governorate

Dakahlia Governorate

Dakahlia Governorate is an Egyptian governorate lying north east of Cairo. Its area is about 3,500 km² and it has a population of about 5 million. The capital is Mansoura.-Overview:...

 of Egypt

Egypt

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. It is situated about 20 km east of El Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia.

Overview

Along with Mansoura and other northern cities, Dikirnis forms a part of the Dakahlia Governorate. The town is home to one of the oldest secondary schools in Egypt, Ali Mubarak School, which was built in 1911.

Villages

Dekernes is the main city in Dekernes Markaz

Markazes of Egypt

The governorates of Egypt are divided into 232 regions.Local government traditionally enjoyed limited power in Egypt's highly centralized state. Under the central government, there were twenty nine governorates. These were subdivided into regions, each of which was further subdivided into towns or...

(Center). It is surrounded by many small villages which form a part of Dekernes Markaz 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
• Meit Tareif
• Meit Sudan
• Meit Sewiyd
• Meit Sharaf
• Meit Fares

External links

• Dikirnis Official Site
• Dikirnis Site