Jericho

Summary

Jericho is a city^[1]. Jericho ranks in the top 0.89% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,571 views/month, #49 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jericho is located in Jericho Governorate^[3].
• Jericho is in the country of Palestine^[4].
• Jericho's image is recorded as Jerycho-panorama.jpg^[5].
• Jericho's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Jericho's instance of is recorded as tell^[7].
• Jericho's official language is recorded as Arabic^[8].
• Yarikh is named after Jericho^[9].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pisa^[10].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Campinas^[11].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kragujevac^[12].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ilion^[13].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Calipatria^[14].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iași^[15].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lærdal Municipality^[16].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eger^[17].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Giovanni Valdarno^[18].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lyon^[19].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alessandria^[20].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nantes^[21].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santa Bárbara d'Oeste^[22].
• Jericho's twinned administrative body is recorded as Osmangazi^[23].
• Jericho's GND ID is recorded as 4028579-0^[24].
• Jericho's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82056739^[25].
• Jericho's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15299707k^[26].
• Jericho's Commons category is recorded as Jericho^[27].

Body

Geography

Jericho is in the country of Palestine^[4]. Jericho is located in Jericho Governorate^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Jericho's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+59'}^[28]. Jericho's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '-275'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+20416'}^[30], {'amount': '+22006'}^[31], and {'amount': '+23220'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and tell^[7].

History and Context

-9600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jericho^[33]. Yarikh is named after Jericho^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Jericho include Mevo'ot Yeriho^[34], an Israeli settlement^[35], in Palestine^[36], founded in 1999^[37].

Why It Matters

Jericho ranks in the top 0.89% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,571 views/month, #49 of 5,534).^[2] Jericho has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Jericho is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Jericho include Mevo'ot Yeriho^[34], an Israeli settlement^[35], in Palestine^[36], founded in 1999^[37].