El Lahun

El Lahun (Arabic: اللاهون El Lāhūn, Coptic: ⲗⲉϩⲱⲛⲉ alt. Illahun, Lahun, or Kahun, is a town and pyramid complex in , founded by Senusret II.
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Photo: Markh, Public domain.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Lahun”, “Al Lāhūn”, “El-Lahun”, “ElLâhûn”, “Illahoun”, “Illahun”, “Kahun”, “Lahun”, “Иллахун”, “Кахун”, “Лахун”, “لهون”, “伊拉洪”, and “拉洪”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pyramid of El Lahun.

Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The pyramid of Senusret II is the funerary monument… is situated 3 km north of El Lahun.

El Lahun

Latitude
29.20951° or 29° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
30.97954° or 30° 58′ 46″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
7GXG6X5H+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332567624
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
360858
Wiki­data ID
Q56924
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“El Lahun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اللاهون”
  • Basque: “El Lahun”
  • Catalan: “Lahun”
  • Chinese: “拉罕”
  • Dutch: “El-Lahun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لاهون”
  • French: “El-Lahoun”
  • French: “Lahun”
  • German: “al-Lahun”
  • German: “Al-Lahun”
  • German: “Lāhūn”
  • Hebrew: “אל-לחון”
  • Hungarian: “Káhún”
  • Indonesian: “El Lahun”
  • Italian: “el-Lahun”
  • Italian: “El-Lahun”
  • Japanese: “エル・ラフン”
  • Newari: “काहुन”
  • Persian: “اللاهون”
  • Polish: “Al-Lahun”
  • Portuguese: “El Lahun”
  • Russian: “Эль-Лахун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El-Lahun”
  • Slovenian: “El-Lahun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اللاهون”
  • Spanish: “El Lahun”
  • Swedish: “El-Lahun”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Лахун”
  • Urdu: “اللاہون”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kawm Madinat Ghurab and Pyramid of al Lahun.

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Highlights: بحر يوسف and Mohsen Mosque.

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