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Mleiha ملَيْحَةMeleihah Malaihah
Town
Mleiha Municipality is in the eastern part of Sharjah's Central Region
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Coordinates: 25°7′23″N 55°52′43″E / 25.12306°N 55.87861°E / 25.12306; 55.87861
Country	United Arab Emirates
Emirate	Sharjah
Government
• Type	Absolute monarchy
• Sheikh	Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Population
• Total	4,768

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), located some 25 km (16 miles) south of the inland Sharjah town of Dhaid. 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.

References

1. ^ "Sharjah population tops 1.405 million". WAM. Sharjah: GDN Online. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
2. ^ "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".

See also

• List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE

v t e Emirate of Sharjah
Government	Sharjah Municipality SIDA Sharjah RTA SDPW SMA Sharjah Police Department SEWA
Municipalities	Sharjah Al Hamriyah Al Bataeh Al Madam Dhaid Mleiha Dibba Al-Hisn Kalba Khor Fakkan
Towns or townships	Suburb and district Al Heera Al Khan Al Sajaa Nad Al Miqsar Nazwa Shis Tahil Thameed Wadi Helo Zubarah Metropolis Sharjah Major municipal towns Sharjah City, Khor Fakkan, Dhaid, Mleiha, Kalba largest cities Downtown Sharjah, Muwaileh Commercial, Rolla, Al Butina,Sharjah Industrial area, Al Sajaa, University City
Regions	Sharjah Region Central Region Eastern Region
Exclaves	Nahwa
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