Nikon (Somalia)

Nikon was a proto-Somali ancient coastal emporium in the Horn of Africa.

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Nikon (alternatively spelled Nicon; Νίκων in Ancient Greek) was a proto-Somali ancient coastal emporium in the Horn of Africa. It was described in the 1st century CE Greco-Roman travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as being situated in the vicinity of Port Dunford (Bur Gao) in the southern Jubaland region of present-day Somalia.

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