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Mocha
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Mokha (), also spelled Mocha, or Mukha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port for Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Long known for its coffee trade, the city gave its name to Mocha coffee.
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Mocha (المخا) is a city and human settlement located in the Ta'izz Governorate of Yemen. It sits at an elevation of 13 meters above sea level, with coordinates at 13.31666667, 43.25. The city operates in the UTC+03:00 time zone.
Population figures for Mocha vary by source, with one listing 14,562 residents and another recording 16,794. The settlement has at various times served as the capital of the Yemen eyalet. Mocha is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Place details
- Locality
- المخا
- Region
- محافظة تعز
- Country
- اليمن
- Population
- 16,794
- Timezone
- Asia/Aden
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mokha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Mocha Red Sea - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A Dhow near the coast of Mokha
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Yemen
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Yemen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Taiz Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Al-Makha
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 16,794
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- Yemen Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Climate
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- References
- Further reading
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Mokha (), also spelled Mocha, or Mukha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port for Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Long known for its coffee trade, the city gave its name to Mocha coffee.
==Overview== thumb|Minaret of Mokha Mosque Mokha was the major marketplace for many commodities, including, but not limited to coffee (Coffea arabica) from the 16th century through the 19th century. The coffee itself did not grow in Mokha, but was transported from Ethiopia and inland Yemen to the port in Mokha, where it was then shipped abroad. Even after other sources of coffee were found, Mocha beans (also called Sanani or Mocha Sanani beans, meaning ''from Sana'a'') continued to be prized for their distinctive flavor—and remain so even today. Mokha's coffee legacy is reflected in the name of the mocha latte and the Moka pot coffee maker. In Germany, traditional Turkish coffee is known as Mokka.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mocha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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