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Jericho (Arabic: أريحا Ārīḥā [ʔæˈriːħɑː] ( listen)); Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ Yəriḥo [jeʁiˈħo] (
listen) is a ceety locatit near the Jordan River in the Wast Bank o the Palestine. It is the caipital o the Jericho Governorate, an haes a population o ower 20,000.[2] Situatit well below sea level on an east-wast route 16 kilometres (10 mi) north o the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lawest permanently inhabitit site on earth. It is an aa believed tae be ane o the auldest continuously inhabitit ceeties o the warld.[3][4][5]
Jericho | |
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Ither transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | أريحا |
• Ebreu | יְרִיחוֹ |
![]() The ceety o Jericho frae Tell es-Sultan | |
Location o Jericho within the Palestinian territories | |
Coordinates: 31°52′16″N 35°26′39″E | |
Palestine grid | 193/140 |
Govrenorate | Jericho |
Foondit | 9600 BC |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety (from 1994) |
• Heid o Municipality | Hassan Saleh[1] |
Area | |
• Jurisdiction | 58.701 km2 (22.665 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Jurisdiction | 20,300 |
Name meanin | "Fragrant" |
Described in the Ebreu Bible as the "Ceety o Palm Trees", copious springs in an aroond Jericho hae made it an attractive site for human habitation for thoosans o years.[6] It is kent in Judeo-Christian tradition as the place o the Israelites' return frae bondage in Egyp, led bi Joshua, the successor tae Moses. Archaeologists hae uneartht the remains o ower 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first o whilk dates back tae 11,000 years ago (9000 BC).[7]
Jericho's Arabic name, Ārīḥā, means "fragrant" an derives frae the Canaanite wird Reah, o the same meanin.[8][9][10][11] Jericho's name in Ebreu, Yəriḥo, is an aa thocht tae derive frae that ruit, though an alternative theory haulds that it is derived frae the wird meanin "muin" (Yareah) in Canaanite, as the ceety wis an early centre o worship for lunar deities.[12]
Jericho is twinned wi:
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