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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Town with 13,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- …is also known as “Xaafuun حافون”
- Description: cape
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ras Hafun.
Ras Hafun
Locality
NASA, Public domain.Hafun
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Latitude
10.41673° or 10° 25′ 0″ north
Longitude
51.27559° or 51° 16′ 32″ east
Open location code
7H2HC78G+M6
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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”
- Urdu: “حافون”
- Welsh: “Hafun”
- Welsh: “Ras Hafun”
- Zulu: “Hafun”
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