| Al-Rihaniyya | |
| Arabic | |
| Also Spelled | Rihaniya, -al[1] |
| District | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°37′11.7″N 35°05′12.65″E / 32.619917°N 35.0868472°ECoordinates: 32°37′11.7″N 35°05′12.65″E / 32.619917°N 35.0868472°E |
| Population | 240 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
Al-Rihaniyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948 as part of the Battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq. It was located 25 km southeast of Haifa and 3 km northwest of Wadi al-Mileh.
In 1945 the village had a population of 240. al-Rihaniyya had an elementary school for boys founded in 1888, but it was closed during the British Mandate period.
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