Tohen

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Tohen
Tooxin
طوهآن
Village
Tohen is located in Somalia
Tohen
Tohen
Location in Somalia.
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Country  Somalia
Region Bari
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

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

Location

Tohen is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., on the northeastern coast of Somalia.[1] It faces the Indian Ocean, 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.

See also

References

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  1. Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa, (East African Publishers: 1995), p.67.