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    Ras Hafun (Somali: Ras Xaafuun, Arabic: رأس حافون, Italian: Capo Hafun), also known as Cape Hafun, is a promontory in the northeastern Bari region of...
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    Bari province of Somalia. Situated in Ras Hafun on the coast of the Guardafui Channel, it is the centre of the Hafun District, and the easternmost town in...
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    Cape Guardafui (redirect from Ras Asir)
    at 51°27'52"E is the second easternmost point on mainland Africa after Ras Hafun. The offshore oceanic strait Guardafui Channel (or Marinka Gardafuul)...
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    including the Cape Guardafui, which forms the tip of the Horn of Africa, Ras Hafun the easternmost place on the entire African continent, and the beginning...
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    000 km (5,000 mi); from Cap-Vert, 17°31′13″W, the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun in the Somali Puntland region, in the Horn of Africa, 51°27′52″ E, the...
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    Maluku in the Pacific, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique. Cowrie shell money was important in the trade networks...
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    in the 12th century by Al-Idrisi, occupying the regions spanning from Ras Hafun to Merca, which served as their capital. Presently, the Hawiye reside...
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    goes by many names, including the Ras Hafun Strait, named after the headland of Ras Hafun, near the town of Foar, the Ras Asir-Socotra Strait, the Cape Guardafui...
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    Michigan, United States Presqu'ile de Giens, Hyères, France Quiberon, France Ras Hafun, Somalia Sainte-Marie, Martinique, France Seongsan Ilchulbong in Jeju...
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  • other East Indian islands, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique. Cowry shell money was an important part of the trade networks...
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    westernmost point, is a distance of approximately 7,400 km (4,600 mi) to Ras Hafun, 51°27'52" E, the most easterly projection that neighbours Cape Guardafui...
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    della Somalia Settentrionale" built on both sides of the peninsula of Ras Hafun (Hafun and Hurdiyo) what would be the largest salt-works in the world. The...
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    era, several ancient city-states such as Ophir at the time Berbera and Ras Hafun and Hiran then part of Mogadishu competed with the Sabaeans, Parthians...
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  • Vert Peninsula, Ngor, Dakar, Senegal (17°33'22"W) Easternmost point — Ras Hafun (Raas Xaafuun), Somalia (51°27'52"E) Africa (centre) The African geographical...
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    in the 12th century by Al-Idrisi, occupying the regions spanning from Ras Hafun to Merca, which served as their capital. Sheikh Hawiye, also known as...
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    included the entire northern coast of Somalia, up to the eastern coast at Ras Hafun in contemporary Puntland. The Khedive's northern Somali Coast territory...
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  • archaeological record in Kwale County in Kenya, Misasa in Tanzania and Ras Hafun in Somalia. c. 82 BC: Burebista becomes the king of Dacia. 71 BC: Death...
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    extremity of Addu Atoll in the Maldives, to the eastern extremity of Ràs Hafun (the easternmost point of Africa, 10°26'N). On the east: the western limit...
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  • powerful Ajuran Empire. Damo Essina Gondershe Hannassa Malao Mosylon Opone Ras Hafun Sarapion Somali maritime history Archaeological Remains on the Southern...
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    Seychelles, and Uganda. The easternmost point of the continent, that is Ras Hafun in Somalia, is of archaeological, historical and economical importance...
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    Guardafui Channel and its capital is Hafun.[citation needed] Horn of Africa Ras Hafun "Puntland State of Somalia". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05...
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    close to Alula, Somalia, where the river Wady Afkaliya enters the sea. Ras Hafun SS Jeddah "Report on the African Coast in the vicinity of Bandar Murayah"...
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  • Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Buri Peninsula, Eritrea Ras Hafun, Somalia Ras Kasar, Eritrea Ras Siyyan, Djibouti Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria Mahin...
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    location. Northernmost point – Alula Lagoon, Bari region Easternmost point – Ras Hafun, Bari region* Westernmost point – the western section of the border with...
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    the neighboring coast of Persia. — Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, §27 Ras Hafun in northern Somalia is believed to be the location of the ancient trade...
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    significant Muslim community that resided in the area ranging from Merca to Ras Hafun, encompassing the fertile lands along the "Nile of Mogadishu," known as...
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    present at the coastal areas of Misasa in Tanzania, Kwale in Kenya and Ras Hafun in Somalia. These communities also integrated and intermarried with the...
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    the South extremity of Addu Atoll (Maldives), to the Eastern extreme of Ràs Hafun (Africa, 10°26'N)". Defined by IHO as "A line running from Dondra Head...
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  • Cape to the east of Umm Sa'id, Mesaieed municipality 51°39′E 55  Somalia Ras Hafun, Puntland 51°27′E 56  Bahrain Muharraq Island 50°43′E 57  Madagascar Cape...
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  • who was also a European, was also aboard. On 3 August 1880, while off Ras Hafun in hurricane-force winds and heavy seas, the ship's boilers moved from...
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