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Tohen

Coordinates: 11°45′03″N 51°15′18″E / 11.75083°N 51.25500°E / 11.75083; 51.25500
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Tohen
Tooxin
طوهآن
Settlement
Tooxin
Tooxin
Tohen is located in Somalia
Tohen
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
RegionBari
Time zoneUTC+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.

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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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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa, (East African Publishers: 1995), p.67.
  2. ^ Review of "Once in Malindi" on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2021 (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Once in Malindi" on Proza.ru, 2020 (in Russian)
  4. ^ Андрей Гусев “Однажды в Малинди”, 2020 (in Russian)