HODEDA (Hodeida, Hadeda)  , a town in Arabia situated on the Red Sea coast 14° 48' N. and 42° 57' E . It lies on a beach of muddy sand exposed to the southerly and westerly winds . Steamers anchor more than a mile from shore, and merchandize has to be transhipped by means of sambuks or native boats . But Hodeda has become the chief centre of the maritime trade of Turkish Yemen, and has superseded Mokha as the great port of export of South Arabian coffee . The town is composed of stone-built houses of several storeys, and is surrounded, except on the sea face, by a fortified enceinte . The population is estimated at 33,000, and contains, besides the Arab inhabitants and the Turkish officials and garrison, a considerable foreign element, Greeks, Indians and African traders from the opposite coast . There are consulates of Great Britain, United States, France, Germany, Italy and Greece . The steam tonnage entering and clearing the port in 1904 amounted to 78,700 tons, the highest hitherto recorded . Regular services are maintained with Aden, and with Suez, Massowa and the other Red Sea ports . Large dhows bring dates from the Persian Gulf, and occasional steamers from Bombay call on their way to Jidda with cargoes of grain . The imports for 1904 amounted in value to £467,000, the chief items being piece goods, food grains and sugar; the exports amounted to £451,000, including coffee valued at £229,000 .