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]
Mleiha
ملَيْحَة Meleihah Malaihah | |
|---|---|
 Mleiha Municipality is in the eastern part of Sharjah's Central Region | |
  Mleiha Location of Mleiha in the UAE  Mleiha Mleiha (Persian Gulf) | |
| Coordinates: 25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E | |
| Country |  United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Sharjah |
| Government | |
| • Type | Absolute monarchy |
| • Sheikh | Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,768[1][2] |
References
edit- ^ 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".
See also
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