Tohen

Settlement in Bari, Somalia * Puntland

Tohen

Tooxin

طوهآن

Settlement

Tooxin

Tohen

Location in Somalia.

Coordinates: 11°45′03″N 51°15′18″E﻿ / ﻿11.75083°N 51.25500°E﻿ / 11.75083; 51.25500
Country|  Somalia

* Puntland

Region| Bari
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

Tohen (Somali: Tooxin, Arabic: طوهآن) is a settlement in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Puntland region.

## Location

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Tohen is located at 11°45′2.87″N 51°15′18.11″E﻿ / ﻿11.7507972°N 51.2550306°E﻿ / 11.7507972; 51.2550306, on the northeastern coast of Somalia.[1] It faces the Guardafui Channel, and lies 5 nautical miles (6 miles) south of Cape Guardafui and the Gulf of Aden. The town of Bargal is located 30 nautical miles (35 miles) to the south.

## Administration

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On April 8, 2013, the Puntland government announced the creation of a new region coextensive with Tohen and Cape Guardafui, named Gardafuul. Carved out of the Bari region, it consists of three districts and has its capital at Alula.

## In popular culture

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Tohen and the neighboring lighthouse "Francesco Crispi" are depicted in Andrei Gusev's novel Once in Malindi (in Chapter 22).[2][3][4]

## See also

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* Maritime history of Somalia
* Geography of Somalia

## References

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1. ^ Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa, (East African Publishers: 1995), p.67.
2. ^ Review of "Once in Malindi" Archived 2021-12-22 at the Wayback Machine — on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2021 (in Russian)
3. ^ "Once in Malindi" Archived 2020-10-16 at the Wayback Machine — on Proza.ru, 2020 (in Russian)
4. ^ Андрей Гусев “Однажды в Малинди”, 2020 (in Russian). Archived 2020-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

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Provinces of Puntland

* Bari
* Nugal
* Sool1
* Cayn1
* Karkaar
* Mudug
* Haylaan1
* Sanaag1
* Ra'as Aseir

* 1Disputed with Somaliland.

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