Ras Hafun
Ras Hafun
Capo Hafun Cape Hafun | |
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Bari region | |
Coordinates: 10°25′0″N 51°16′0″E / 10.41667°N 51.26667°E | |
Location | Horn of Africa |
Area | |
• Total | 2,571 km2 (993 sq mi) |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
Ras Hafun (
Ras Hafun and its line of latitude separate the Guardafui Channel to its north, from the Somali Sea to its south.
History
Antiquity and Middle Ages
Ras Hafun is home to numerous ancient structures and ruins. The peninsula is believed to be the location of the old trade emporium of Opone. The latter is mentioned in the anonymous Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, written in the first century CE. Opone is described therein as a busy port city, strategically located on the trade route that spanned the length of the Indian Ocean's rim. Merchants from as far afield as Indonesia and Malaysia passed through the settlement. As early as 50 CE, the area was well known as a center for the cinnamon trade, along with the barter of cloves and other spices, ivory, exotic animal skins and incense.
In the 1970s, a Somali-British archaeological expedition in Hafun and other parts of northern Somalia, led by
A later expedition in Hafun, led by an archaeological team with the
Archaeological excavations at the western Hafun site have yielded
Hafun is also home to an ancient necropolis. Similar historical structured areas exist in various other parts of the country.[5]
Early modern and present
During the pre-
In December 2004, Hafun was struck by a
In November 2020, Hafun was struck directly by Cyclone Gati as a Category 2 equivalent cyclone or a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm in Indian Ocean scale with windspeeds of 165 kmph and 140 kmph. This remains the strongest cyclone to hit the Horn of Africa and the nation of Somalia since reliable records began.
See also
- Hafun District
- Hafun Salt Factory
- Puntland
- Ras Bar Balla
- Ras Feeluk
- SS Jeddah, a passenger steamship that was abandoned by its crew off Ras Hafun in 1880
- Tombolo
References
- ^ Chittick, Neville (1975). An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition. pp. 117–133.
- ^ Paul J. J. Sinclair, "Archaeology in Eastern Africa: An Overview of Current Chronological Issues", Journal of African History, 32 (1991), p. 181
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- ISBN 978-1134679423. Retrieved 15 November 2014.)
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