North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Khafra

The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian , the second tallest and second largest of the group. It is the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: smooth-sided pyramid in Giza, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Haram Khafra‛”, “Khafre’s Pyramid at Giza”, “Pyramid of Chephren”, “Pyramid of Khafre”, “Second Pyramid”, and “Wer-Khefrē”
  • Address: Giza
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pyramid of Kheops and Giza Pyramids.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. is situated 490 metres northeast of Khafra.

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The Giza pyramid complex in is home to the , the pyramid of Khafre, and the , along with their associated pyramid complexes and the . is situated 800 metres southwest of Khafra.

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The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the , located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of , . is situated 450 metres southwest of Khafra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. is situated 6 km north of Khafra.

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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Khafra

Latitude
29.97599° or 29° 58′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.13074° or 31° 7′ 51″ east
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Height
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
7GXHX4GJ+97
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4420396
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Geo­Names ID
349500
Wiki­data ID
Q208358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Khafra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خفرع”
  • Arabic: “هرم خفرع”
  • Armenian: “Խեֆրենի բուրգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xefren ehramı”
  • Basque: “Kefrenen piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда Хефрэна”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Хефрен”
  • Catalan: “Khefren”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Kefren”
  • Catalan: “piràmide de Khefren”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Quefrè”
  • Cebuano: “Pyramid of Khafre”
  • Chinese: “卡夫拉金字塔”
  • Chinese: “卡弗拉金字塔”
  • Chinese: “哈夫拉”
  • Chinese: “哈夫拉金字塔”
  • Czech: “Chefrenova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Chefrénova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Rachef”
  • Czech: “Rachefova pyramida”
  • Danish: “Chephrenpyramiden”
  • Danish: “Kefrenpyramiden”
  • Danish: “Khefrenpyramiden”
  • Dhivehi: “ޚަފްރީ ޕިރަމިޑް”
  • Dutch: “Chefren”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Chefren”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Chephren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم خفرع”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Ĥafra”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Raĥef”
  • Estonian: “Chephren”
  • Estonian: “Hafra”
  • Finnish: “Khafre”
  • Finnish: “Khafren pyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Khefrenin pyramidi”
  • French: “Khéphren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Chéphren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Kephren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Képhren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Khephren”
  • French: “pyramide de Khéphren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Khéphren”
  • Georgian: “ხეფრენის პირამიდა”
  • German: “Chephren-Pyramide”
  • German: “Chephren”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Χεφρήνου”
  • Hebrew: “חאפרו”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת ח’עפרע”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת חעפרע”
  • Hindi: “खाफ्रे का पिरामिड”
  • Hungarian: “Hafré-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Kefrén piramis, Hafré piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Chephren”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Chephren”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Khafre”
  • Irish: “Pirimid Cheafra”
  • Italian: “piramide di Chefren”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Chefren”
  • Italian: “Userib”
  • Japanese: “カフラー王のピラミッド”
  • Korean: “제2피라미드”
  • Korean: “카프레의 피라미드”
  • Latvian: “Hefrena piramīda”
  • Lithuanian: “Chefrenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Chefreno piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Хефренова пирамида”
  • Malay: “Piramid Khafre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chefrenpyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khafrenpyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khafrepyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khefrepyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Khafrepyramiden”
  • Persian: “هرم خفرع”
  • Persian: “هرم خفرن”
  • Persian: “هرم خفره”
  • Polish: “Chefren”
  • Polish: “Piramida Chefrena”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Quéfren”
  • Portuguese: “Quéfren”
  • Romanian: “Khafra”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Kefren”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Kephren”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Khafra”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Хафры”
  • Russian: “пирамида Хефрена”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Хефрена”
  • Russian: “Хафра”
  • Serbian: “Kefrenova piramida”
  • Serbian: “Кефренова пирамида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kefren”
  • Slovak: “Chefrenova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Chefrénova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Druhá pyramída v Gíze”
  • Slovak: “Raachefova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Rachefova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Stredná pyramída v Gíze”
  • Slovenian: “Kefrenova piramida”
  • Spanish: “Kefrén”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Jafra”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Jafra”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Kefren”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Kefrén”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Kefren”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Kefrén”
  • Swedish: “Chefren (pyramid i Egypten)”
  • Swedish: “Chefren”
  • Swedish: “Chefrenpyramiden”
  • Swedish: “Chefrens pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Piramide ni Khafre”
  • Tamil: “காப்ராவின் பிரமிடு”
  • Tatar: “Хәфрә пирамидасы”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดคาเฟร”
  • Turkish: “Kefren Piramidi”
  • Twi: “Chefren Pyramid”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Хефрена”
  • Uzbek: “Xafra piramidasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Khafre”

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