Hafun (Xaafuun) is a fishing town on the Ras Hafun peninsula in the Bari region. Ras Hafun is the easternmost point of mainland Africa, joined to the mainland by a long sand spit.

White sand, deep-blue ocean and strong winds make it an extraordinary place — and one of the first places on the African mainland to greet the sunrise.

Hafun is identified with Opone, a trading port described in the 1st-century Periplus. In the 1970s a Somali–British expedition led by Neville Chittick found stone walls and other remains here; later researchers recovered pottery from Egypt, the Roman world and the Persian Gulf.

In the 1930s an Italian company built a huge salt works here. Hafun was one of the worst-hit places in Somalia during the 2004 tsunami: most seafront buildings were destroyed or badly damaged and more than 5,000 people were displaced.

Hafun is a fishing community. The remains of the old salt works and its pier are still visible along the shore.

Fishing is the main livelihood, with lobster, fish and shark products exported. A project to refurbish the salt works was carried out in 2014–2015.