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Mokha (Arabic: المُخا, romanized: al-Mukhā), also spelled Mocha, or Mukha, [1] 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. [2]
The name "mocha" is derived from the Yemeni port of Mokha, which was a port well-known for its coffee trade from the 15th to 17th century, [4] and where small quantities of fine coffee grown in the hills nearby was exported. [5]
The Mokha Port is located in Mocha city, about 100 km west of Taiz and is 75 km away from Bab-el-Mandeb at the Red Sea coast. [2] The port locates at the latitude 13/19º to the north of the equator and at the longitude 04/43º east of Greenwich line.
Al Makha District (Arabic: مديرية المخا) is a district of the Taiz Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 18,155 inhabitants. [ 1 ] The capital lies at Mocha .
Yemen portal The city is the administrative division which falls under the division of the directorate in the urban, which is the centre of the provinces and the centre of districts as well as every urban population with a population of (5,000) or more people and a basic service or more available.
It is harvested from the coffee-plant species Coffea arabica, which is native to Yemen. Mocha coffee beans are very small, hard, have an irregular round shape, and are olive green to pale yellow in color. [1] The name "Mocha" comes from the port of Mocha (al-Mukhā) through which most Yemeni coffee was exported before the 20th century. [2]
The Port of Aden is situated approximately 170 km east of the strait of Bab Al Mandeb, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea. [1] The port is one of the largest natural harbors in the world. [2]
Location of Yemen. Yemeni cuisine is distinct from the wider Middle Eastern cuisines with regional variation. Although some foreign influences are evident in some regions of the country (with Ottoman influences showing in Sanaa, while Indian influence is evident in the southern areas around Aden and Mukalla), the Yemeni kitchen is based on similar foundations across the country.