Tohen

Tohen Tooxin طوهآن
Settlement
Tooxin
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 Puntland
Region	Bari
Time zone	UTC+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.

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.

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.

Tohen and the neighboring lighthouse "Francesco Crispi" are depicted in Andrei Gusev's novel Once in Malindi (in Chapter 22).^[2][3][4]

• Maritime history of Somalia
• Geography of Somalia