Dikirnis, Egypt

Capital City

Forget the picturesque Nile views - life in this central Egyptian town is a grind. Dekernes sits 20 km east of the regional capital Mansoura, offering little more than an old high school founded in 1911. The climate is unforgiving, classified as a hot desert by the Köppen-Geiger system. Bureaucracy is a persistent headache, with the government only recently earmarking funds for basic infrastructure projects in 2018. Unless you're drawn to the handful of nearby villages that comprise the larger Dekernes region, this unremarkable town offers little to recommend it.