Rihaniyeh () (also ''Rihaniyet'') is a village in
Akkar Governorate
Akkar Governorate () is the northernmost governorate of Lebanon. It comprises the single district of Akkar, which in turn is subdivided into 121 municipalities. The capital is at Halba. It covers an area of and is bounded by the Mediterranean ...
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Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
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The population is mostly
Alawite
Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...
.
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith noted the village as ''er-Rihaniyeh'', located east of
esh-Sheikh Mohammed. The residents were
Alawite
Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...
s.
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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References
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External links
Rihaniyeh
Localiban
{{Akkar District
Populated places in Akkar District