Tohen
Tohen
Tooxin طوهآن | |
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Settlement | |
.jpg) Tooxin | |
  Tohen Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 11°45′03″N 51°15′18″E / 11.75083°N 51.25500°E | |
| Country |  Somalia
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| 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[edit]
Tohen is located at 11°45′2.87″N 51°15′18.11″E / 11.7507972°N 51.2550306°E, 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa, (East African Publishers: 1995), p.67.
- ^ Review of "Once in Malindi" on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2021 (in Russian)
- ^ "Once in Malindi" on Proza.ru, 2020 (in Russian)
- ^ Андрей Гусев “Однажды в Малинди”, 2020 (in Russian)
