Al-Rihaniyya

Al-Rihaniyya

Rihaniya, -al^[1]
Al-Rihaniyya Rihaniya, -al
	Etymology: "Sweet basil"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Rihaniyya (click the buttons)
	Al-Rihaniyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°37′12″N 35°05′13″E / 32.62000°N 35.08694°E
Palestine grid	158/225
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	Not known
Population (1945)
• Total	240
Current Localities	Ramat HaShofet Ein HaEmek

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.

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

Al-Rihaniyya Rihaniya, -al^[1]
Etymology: "Sweet basil"^[2]^[3]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Rihaniyya (click the buttons)
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 grid	158/225
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	Not known^[1]
Population (1945)
• Total	240^[4]^[5]
Current Localities	Ramat HaShofet^[2] Ein HaEmek^[2]