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Ta'izz or Taiz (تعز) is a city in the Yemen Highlands near the famous Mocha port on the Red Sea, lying at an elevation of about 1,400 metres above sea level, with 460,000 ...
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City ... City in southwestern Yemen with 520,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), lying at an elevation of about 1,400 metres above sea level,.
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Ta‘izz, city in southwestern Yemen, located in Ta‘izz Province, in a range of hills northwest of Aden. Connected by road with Sana‘a (Sanaa) and the Red Sea port of Al Ḩudaydah, it is situated in a coffee-growing area and is a center for cotton-weaving, tanning, and jewelry-manufacturing industries. Ta‘izz was the seat of a university in the 16th century and has three large mosques built by the Turks. Its name is also spelled Taiz. Population (1995 estimate) 178,043.