Rehaniya
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Rehaniya רִיחָאנִיָּה الريحانية |
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| Coordinates: 33°2′54.12″N 35°29′15.36″E / 33.0483667°N 35.4876000°ECoordinates: 33°2′54.12″N 35°29′15.36″E / 33.0483667°N 35.4876000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Merom HaGalil |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Population (2015) | 1,201 |
| Name meaning | Myrtle |
Rehaniya (Hebrew: רִיחָנִיָּה; Adyghe: Рихьаные; Arabic: الريحانية; [rəjħaːnəja]) is a predominantly Circassian village in northern Israel. Located about 8 km north of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,201.
The Circassians arrived in the Middle East after they were pushed out of their homeland in the North Caucasus. The Circassians, who fought during the long period wherein the Russians captured the northern Caucasus, were massacred and expelled by Tsarist Russia from the Caucasus in an incident that became known as the Circassian Holocaust. The Ottoman Empire absorbed them in their territory and settled them in sparsely populated areas, including the Galilee in Beirut Vilayet (Ottoman Syria).
The area where they settled was called Burak Alma; ("Pools of Alma").
The village of Rehaniya was established in 1873, but only in 1878 did Circassian families arrive from the Abazah tribe in the northern Caucasus, a region where today is located the Adygea and Karachay–Cherkessia in the Russian Federation.
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