Hafun (Xaafuun) is a small low-lying peninsula in the Bari region of northern Somalia. It is sometimes known as Ras Hafun or Raas Xaafuun, and "Hafun" also refers to the small community on the peninsula. The promontory juts out into the Indian Ocean, where it is known as Cape Hafun and is the easternmost point on the African continent. It has a population of about 2,500 fisherfolk. Bari is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A Headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and 3rd most populous . ...

Ras Hafun is believed to be the location of the ancient trade center of "Opone". Opone was mentioned by an anonymous merchant in the 1st century CE in his Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Persian Gulf pottery has been recovered from the site by an archaeological team from the University of Michigan. Opone is in the thirteenth entry of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, which in part states: The Common Era (CE), also known as the Christian Era and sometimes as the Current Era, is the period beginning with the year 1 onwards. ... The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Periplus Maris Erythraei ) is a Greek periplus, describing navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports like Berenice along the coast of the Red Sea, and others along East Africa and India. ... Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization of the Lower Nile Valley, between the First Cataract and the mouths of the Nile Delta, from circa 3300 BC until the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Regional map showing the word Bahr Fars, (Persian Gulf) in Arabic, from the 9th century text Al-aqalim by the great geographer Istakhri. ... Importance and applicability Archaeology is the study of human nature and attempts to illuminate the question of what it means to be human. ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

And then, after sailing four hundred stadia along a promontory, toward which place the current also draws you, there is another market-town called Opone, into which the same things are imported as those already mentioned, and in it the greatest quantity of cinnamon is produced, (the arebo and moto), and slaves of the better sort, which are brought to Egypt in increasing numbers; and a great quantity of tortoiseshell, better than that found elsewhere.

On 26 December 2004, Hafun was struck by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was THE worst affected area of Africaaffected regions of Somalia. Most of the housing was destroyed. Over one hundred people were killed and 85% of the infrastructure was reported damaged. The bridge connecting Hafun to the Somali mainland was washed away. Many systems of weights and measures, that have been used throughout history, are related to a varying degree despite a number of different civilisations making their own adjustments to serve their own purposes. ... An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earths oceans. ... Binomial name Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, synonym ) is a small evergreen tree 10-15 m tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and a spice obtained from the inner bark of this species. ... The word slaves has several meanings and usages: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... Tortoiseshell can refer to: a Tortoiseshell cat a pattern used in clothing and jewellery the Small Tortoiseshell, a butterfly the Hawksbill turtle This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. ...

External links

• About Archaelogy entry on Opone
• BBC article on effects of tsunami