Jericho, West Bank, Palestine
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6000 x 4000 px | 50.8 x 33.9 cm | 20 x 13.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Jericho (/ˈdʒɛrɪkoʊ/; Arabic: أريحا Ariha [ʔaˈriːħaː] ( listen); Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ Yeriho) is a Palestinian city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate. In 2007, it had a population of 18, 346.[2] The city was occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994.[3][4] It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world[5][6][7] and the city with the oldest known protective wall in the world.[8] It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well, but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers which are even older.[9][10] Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11, 000 years (9000 BCE), [11][12] almost to the very beginning of the Holocene epoch of the Earth's history.[13][14] Copious springs in and around the city have attracted human habitation for thousands of years [15] and Jericho is described in the Hebrew Bible as the "City of Palm Trees".