Al-Rihaniyya
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.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מגידו
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 803
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- History
- British Mandate era
- 1948, aftermath
- References
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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.
==History== In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kh. Rihaneh as a village containing the remnants of watch-towers and two springs.