Rihaniyeh

This article is about the Lebanese village. For the Circassian village in modern day Israel, see Rehaniya. For the Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, see Al-Rihaniyya.

Rihaniyeh (Arabic: الريحانيه (عكـار)) (also Rihaniyet) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon.

Rihaniyeh الريحانيه (عكـار)
village
Rihaniyeh
Coordinates: 34°34′58″N 36°07′02″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Akkar
District	Akkar
Area [1]
• Total	2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	513 eligible voters
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

The population is mostly Alawite.^[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as er-Rihaniyeh, located east of esh-Sheikh Mohammed. The residents were Alawites.^[3]