Al-Rihaniyya

Al-Rihaniyya
Rihaniya, -al[1]
Etymology: "Sweet basil"[2][3]
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Al-Rihaniyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Rihaniyya
Al-Rihaniyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°37′12″N 35°05′13″E / 32.62000°N 35.08694°E / 32.62000; 35.08694
Palestine grid158/225
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationNot known[1]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total240[4][5]
Current LocalitiesRamat HaShofet[2] Ein HaEmek[2]

Al-Rihaniyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 30 April 1948 as part of the battle of Mishmar HaEmek. It was located 25 km southeast of Haifa and 3 km northwest of Wadi al-Mileh.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #163. Gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known".
  2. ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 185
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 149
  4. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49