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Tohen
human settlement in Somalia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tohen (Somali: Tooxin, Arabic: طوهآن) is a settlement in northeastern Somalia. It is in the autonomous Puntland region.
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Coordinates: 11°45′03″N 51°15′18″E | |
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Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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Tohen is on the northeastern coast of Somalia.[1] It faces the Guardafui Channel 6 miles south of the Gulf of Aden. The town of Bargal is 35 miles to the south.
Tohen and the neighboring lighthouse "Francesco Crispi" are depicted in Andrei Gusev's novel Once in Malindi (in Chapter 22).[2][3][4]