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Mleiha

Coordinates: 25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E / 25.12306; 55.87861
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Mleiha
Meleihah
Malaihah
ملَيْحَة
Mleiha Meleihah Malaihah is located in United Arab Emirates
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Location of Mleiha in the UAE
Mleiha Meleihah Malaihah is located in Middle East
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Malaihah (Middle East)
Mleiha Meleihah Malaihah is located in Asia
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Malaihah (Asia)
Coordinates: 25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E / 25.12306; 55.87861
CountryUAE
EmirateSharjah
Government
 • TypeAbsolute monarchy
 • SheikhSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Population
 (2015[1][2])
 • Total4,768[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 2 km (1.2 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.

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.

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