Jericho Governorate
The Jericho Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. Its capital is Jericho. The governorate is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank, along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jordan River valley bordering Jordan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 52,200 residents
- Description: governorate of Palestine
- Also known as: “Ariha” and “Jericho and Al Aghwar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilgal I.
Gilgal I
Archaeological site
Gilgal I is an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, dated to the early Neolithic period. The site is located 8 mi north of ancient Jericho.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fasayil and Gilgal.
Fasayil
Village
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Fasayil or Fasa'il, ancient Phasaelis, is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, a part of the Jericho Governorate, located 14 kilometres northwest of Jericho and about 40 kilometres southeast of Nablus.
Gilgal
Village
Gilgal is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley around 16 kilometres north of Jericho with an area of 1,400 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Petza’el
Village
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Petza'el is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the center of the Jordan Valley, 34.5 kilometers from the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Jericho Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jericho Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أريحا”
- Arabic: “محافظة أريحا Muḥāfaẓat Arīḥā”
- Arabic: “محافظة أريحا والأغوار”
- Arabic: “محافظة أريحا”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Chericó”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Xericó”
- Basque: “Jerikoko gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Jerikoko Gobernazioa”
- Belarusian: “Іерыхон”
- Catalan: “Governació de Jericó”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ئەریحا”
- Chinese: “杰里科省”
- Czech: “Jericho”
- Dutch: “Jericho”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة أريحا”
- French: “gouvernorat de Jéricho”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Jéricho”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Xericó”
- German: “Gouvernement Jericho”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ιεριχούς”
- Hebrew: “יריחו”
- Hebrew: “נפת יריחו”
- Hungarian: “Jerikó kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Jericho”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Yerikho”
- Italian: “governatorato di Gerico”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Gerico”
- Japanese: “エリコ”
- Japanese: “エリコ県”
- Korean: “예리코주”
- Lithuanian: “Jericho muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Ariha”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Jericho”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeriko guvernement”
- Persian: “استان اریحا”
- Polish: “Jerycho”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ierihon”
- Russian: “Иерихон”
- Scots: “Jericho Govrenorate”
- Slovak: “Governorát Jericha”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Jeriho”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Jerico”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Jericó”
- Tamil: “எரிக்கோ ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “எரிக்கோ கவர்னரேட்”
- Turkish: “Eriha valiliği”
- Urdu: “محافظہ اریحا”
- Welsh: “llywodraethiaeth Jericho”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Jericho”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع اریحا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tomer and Gilgal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khirbat Faşā’il and Khirbat ad Dashshah.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
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