Jericho

Jericho (  );    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.Projected Mid -Year Population for Jericho Governorate by Locality 2004–2006  Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). 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.Murphy-O'Connor, 1998, p. 288.Freedman et al., 2000, p. 689–671.

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.Bromiley, 1995, p. 715. 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)."Jericho", Encyclopedia Britannica

 Etymology 
Jericho's Arabic name, , means "fragrant" an derives frae the Canaanite wird Reah, o the same meanin.Schreiber, 2003, p. 141.Ring et al., 1994, p. 367–370.Bromiley, 1995, p. 1136.  Jericho's name in Ebreu, , 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.Strong's Bible Dictionary

 Twin touns - Sister ceeties 
Jericho is twinned wi:
  Campinas in Brazil
  Pisa in Italy (syne 2000)
  Kragujevac in Serbie
  Lyon in Fraunce
  Calipatria, Californie in the USA
  Iaşi in Romanie
  Lærdal in Norawa (syne 1998)

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Category:Ebreu Bible ceeties
Category:Torah ceeties

Category:Ceeties in the Great Rift Valley
Category:Ceeties in Palestine
Category:Neolithic
Category:Neolithic settlements
Category:Natufian sites
Category:Fertile Crescent
Category:Tegart Forts
Category:Prehistoric airt
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