Tohen (, ) is a settlement in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Puntland region.
Location
Tohen is located at , on the northeastern coast of Somalia.
[Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa, (East African Publishers: 1995), p.67.] 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
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
Tohen and the neighboring lighthouse
Cape Guardafui are depicted in
Andrei Gusev's novel
Once in Malindi (in Chapter 22).
[ Review of "Once in Malindi" on the site of public fund "Union of writers of Moscow", 2021 ][ "Once in Malindi" on Proza.ru, 2020 ][ Andrei Gusev “Однажды в Малинди”, 2020 ]
See also
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Maritime history of Somalia
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Geography of Somalia
