Mawza district
District in Taiz, Yemen
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Mawza District is a district of the Taiz Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,818 inhabitants.[1]
History
Mawza'a was the regional capital of Mofar in ancient Yemen. The king of Mawza was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
Jewish Exile
During the rise of the expansion of the Zaydi state, when Mawza was part of the kingdom, most of the Yemenite Jews were expelled to Mawza' (1679-1680) in what became known by Yemenite Jews as the Mawza Exile.
Mocha Port
During the Mawza Exile, Mocha, 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Mawza, was the main port of the Zaydi imamate, leading Muza to lose its status as the regional port of Mofar.
