Mawza District

For the ancient port, see Muza (emporion).

Mawza District is a district of the Taiz Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,818 inhabitants.

Mawza District Muza
District
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Taiz
Population  (2003)
• Total	119,818
Time zone	UTC 3 (Yemen Standard Time)

History

A Watch Tower between Mocha and Musa in 1805, from a drawing by Henry Salt

Mawza'a was the regional capital of Mofar in ancient Yemen, the king of Mawza African trading colony 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 & Muza lost its status as the regional port of Mofar.