Toniki

Toniki
Town
Country	Somalia
Region	Lower Shabelle
District	Barawa
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Toniki (Ancient Greek: Τωνική) was an ancient proto-Somali market town on the coast of the southeastern Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.

Overview

Toniki is believed to have been situated in the vicinity of Makasi in the present-day Barawa District.^[1]

It was one of a series of ancient commercial ports along the coast of Somalia, which were described in the 1st century CE Greco-Roman travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as in Ptolemy's Geographia.^[1] Nearby market towns included Essina and Sarapion to the immediate north.^[2]

See also

• Miandi
• Nikon

Notes

1. M: The Map Collector. Map Collector Publications. 1989. p. 44.
2. Reade (2013). Indian Ocean In Antiquity. Routledge. p. 452. ISBN 978-1136155314.