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See also:MOKHA (Mocha, properly Makha)
, a See also:town in See also:Arabia on the Red See also:Sea See also:coast in 13° 19' N. and 43° 12' E
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Formerly the See also:chief See also:port for the See also:Yemen See also:coffee export, it has much diminished in importance
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The coffee grown in the See also:mountain districts of Haraz, Uden, and Ta'iz is now shipped at See also:Hodeda or See also:Aden, though the See also:article retains the See also:trade name of " Mocha." The town lies in a small See also:bay 40 M
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N. of See also:Perim at the See also:southern entrance to the Red Sea
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The anchorage is not See also:good, and the port is only used by native vessels
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Seen from the sea the town has rather an imposing See also:appearance, but a near See also:review shows that the houses though large and built of See also: |
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