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Mleiha

Mleiha
ملَيْحَة
Meleihah
Malaihah
Mleiha Municipality is in the eastern part of Sharjah's Central Region
Mleiha Municipality is in the eastern part of Sharjah's Central Region
Mleiha is located in United Arab Emirates
Mleiha
Mleiha
Location of Mleiha in the UAE
Mleiha is located in Persian Gulf
Mleiha
Mleiha
Mleiha (Persian Gulf)
Coordinates: 25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E / 25.12306; 55.87861
Country United Arab Emirates
EmirateSharjah
Government
 • TypeAbsolute monarchy
 • SheikhSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Population
 (2015[1][2])
 • Total
4,768[1][2]

Mleiha, also Mileiha or Malaihah (Arabic: ملَيْحَة), is a town in the Emirate of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a population of 4,768 (2015),[1][2] located some 25 km (16 miles) south of the inland Sharjah town of Dhaid.[3] It is the location of archaeological remnants dating from the Neolithic to pre-Islamic Arabia and home to the Mleiha Archaeological Centre. Mleiha is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sharjah population tops 1.405 million". WAM. Sharjah: GDN Online. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c "More than 1.4 million people live in Sharjah". WAM. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017 – via The National.
  3. ^ UAEINTERACT. "UAE Interact, United Arab Emirates information, news, photographs, maps and webcams". www.uaeinteract.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  4. ^ "Encounter the relics of pre-Islamic history in the desert".

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