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 "Francesco Crispi" 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 Андрей Гусев “Однажды в Малинди”, 2020 .
See also Maritime history of Somalia Geography of Somalia
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