Jebel Faya

Jebel Faya is an archaeological site and limestone hill or escarpment in near , Al Faya in the , . Located about 50 km east of the city of , and between the shoreline of the and Al Hajar Mountains, the Paleolandscape…
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 412 metres
  • Description: hill and archaeological site in the UAE
  • Also known as: “Al-Fayah”, “Al-Fayāh”, “Jabal al Fayah”, “Jabal Al Fayah”, “Jabal al Fāyah”, “Jabal Al Fāyah”, “Jabal Al Fayah, Jabal Al Fāyah, Al-Fayah, Al-Fayāh, Jabal Fa’iyah, Jabal Fairah, Jabal Faiya, Jabal Fāiya, Jabal Fā’iyah, Jabal al Fayah, Jabal al Fāyah”, “Jabal Fa’iyah”, “Jabal Fā’iyah”, “Jabal Fairah”, “Jabal Faiya”, and “Jabal Fāiya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Archaeological ‘Tomb of Maleha’.

Museum
Photo: Nemravik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mleiha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mileiha in the , in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mleiha.

Town
, also Mileiha or Malaihah, is a town in the , the with a population of 4,768, located some 25 km south of the inland Sharjah town of .

Jebel Faya

Latitude
25.1114° or 25° 6′ 41″ north
Longitude
55.83896° or 55° 50′ 20″ east
Elevation
412 metres (1,352 feet)
Open location code
7HQQ4R6Q+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11570961325
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
292207
Wiki­data ID
Q6172505
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Jebel Faya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل الفاية”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal al Fāyah”
  • Chinese: “法亞古地貌”
  • Chinese: “法耶遺址”
  • Croatian: “Džebel Faja”
  • Dutch: “Jabal al Fāyah”
  • Dutch: “Jebel Faya”
  • Finnish: “Jebel Faya”
  • French: “Djebel Faya”
  • Galician: “Jebel Faya”
  • German: “Jebel Faya”
  • Hebrew: “אל-פאיה”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל אל-פאיה”
  • Japanese: “ジェベル・ファヤ”
  • Maltese: “Jebel Faya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jebel Faya”
  • Norwegian: “Jebel Faya”
  • Persian: “جبل الفایه”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jebel Faya”
  • Spanish: “Jabal Al Fayah”
  • Spanish: “Jabal Al Fāyah”
  • Spanish: “Jabal Fayah”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al Fāyah”
  • Turkish: “Cebel Faya”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hamda and Al Fayah.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jabel Faya Rock Shelter and The Wadi Caves.

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