Jericho is among the oldest cities in the world, and it is also the city with the oldest known defensive wall. įrom the end of the era of Mandatory Palestine, the city was annexed and ruled by Jordan from 1949 to 1967 and, with the rest of the West Bank, has been subject to Israeli occupation since 1967 administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994. Jericho is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west.
Jericho ( / ˈ dʒ ɛr ɪ k oʊ/ JERR-ik-oh Arabic: أريحا Arīḥā Arabic pronunciation: ⓘ Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ Yərīḥō) is a city in the West Bank it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine.
