Hafun
Hafun is a town in the northeastern 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 continental Africa. It is an ancient town previously known as Opone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ras Hafun.
Ras Hafun
Locality
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Ras Hafun, also known as Cape Hafun, is a promontory in the northeastern Bari region of the Puntland state in Somalia. Ras Hafun is situated 8 km east of Hafun.
Hafun
- Type: Town with 13,200 residents
- Description: cape
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Bari, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.41673° or 10° 25′ 0″ northLongitude
51.27559° or 51° 16′ 32″ eastPopulation
13,200Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
7H2HC78G+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 313778594OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
50351Wikidata ID
Q1017205
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Hafun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حافون”
- Arabic: “حافون”
- Armenian: “Հաֆուն”
- Asturian: “Hafun”
- Bulgarian: “Рас Хафун”
- Bulgarian: “Хафун”
- Catalan: “Haafuun”
- Catalan: “Hafun”
- Catalan: “Opone”
- Catalan: “Xaafuun”
- Chinese: “哈芬”
- Czech: “Hafun”
- Czech: “Mys Hafun”
- Czech: “Xaafuun”
- Dutch: “Hafun”
- Estonian: “Hafun”
- Estonian: “Xaafuun”
- French: “Cap Hafun”
- French: “Hafun”
- French: “Ras Hafun”
- French: “Xaafuun”
- German: “Dante”
- German: “Hafun”
- German: “Kap Hafun”
- German: “Opone”
- German: “Raas Xaafuun”
- German: “Ras Hafun”
- German: “Xaafuun”
- Italian: “Dante”
- Italian: “Hafun”
- Japanese: “ハーフーン岬”
- Japanese: “ハフーン”
- Kabardian: “Рас-Хьафун”
- Kazakh: “Рас-Хафун”
- Polish: “Hafun”
- Polish: “Przylądek Hafun”
- Polish: “Przylądek Xaafuun”
- Polish: “Raas Xaafuun”
- Polish: “Ras Hafun”
- Polish: “Xaafuun”
- Portuguese: “Hafun”
- Romanian: “Hafun”
- Russian: “Мыс Рас-Хафун”
- Russian: “Рас-Хафун”
- Russian: “Хафун”
- Serbian: “Rt Hafun”
- Serbian: “Рт Ксафун”
- Serbian: “Рт Хафун”
- Slovak: “Mys Hafun”
- Slovak: “Mys Hafún”
- Slovak: “Raas Xaafuun”
- Slovak: “Ras Hafun”
- Somali: “Xaafuun”
- Spanish: “Cabo Hafun”
- Spanish: “Ras Hafun”
- Swahili: “Xaafuun”
- Swedish: “Kap Hafun”
- Ukrainian: “Хафун”
- Welsh: “Hafun”
- Welsh: “Ras Hafun”
- Zulu: “Hafun”
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