Mleiha
Town in United Arab Emirates
Mleiha ملَيْحَة Meleihah Malaihah | |
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Town | |
![]() Mleiha Municipality is in the eastern part of Sharjah's Central Region | |
25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E / 25.12306; 55.87861 | |
Country | ![]() |
Emirate | Sharjah |
Government | |
• Type | Absolute monarchy |
• Sheikh | Sultan 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 mi) 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
- ^ a b c "Sharjah population tops 1.405 million". WAM. Sharjah: GDN Online. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ a b c "More than 1.4 million people live in Sharjah". WAM. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017 – via The National.
- ^ UAEINTERACT. "UAE Interact, United Arab Emirates information, news, photographs, maps and webcams". www.uaeinteract.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Encounter the relics of pre-Islamic history in the desert".
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- Sharjah Region
- Central Region
- Eastern Region
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