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'''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.<ref name="Mtmc">{{cite book|title=M: The Map Collector|year=1989|publisher=Map Collector Publications|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQURAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
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''.<ref name="Mtmc"/> Nearby market towns included Essina and Sarapion to the immediate north.<ref name="Ioia">{{cite book|author=Reade|title=Indian Ocean In Antiquity|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1136155314|page=452|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtzWAQAAQBAJ}}</ref>
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Category:Ancient Somalia Category:Archaeological sites in Somalia Category:Lower Shabelle Category:Ancient Greek geography of East Africa