Jerico

Jerico is a small town in . It is part of Colombia's Network of Heritage Towns, which is a collection of 17 destinations characterized by having a distinctive architecture, native culture, its own cuisine, natural environment, and for preserving part of the history and development of the country.
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  • Type: Town with 7,750 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Antioquia
  • Also known as: Jericó” and “Jericó, Antioquia

Jerico

Latitude
5.7915° or 5° 47′ 29″ north
Longitude
-75.7862° or 75° 47′ 10″ west
Population
7,750
Elevation
1,987 metres (6,519 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CO JER
Open location code
67Q6Q6R7+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9012769378
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3680317
Wiki­data ID
Q1525982
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Jerico” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Jericó (Colombia)
  • Asturian: Jericó
  • Bishnupriya: জেরিকো
  • Catalan: Jericó
  • Cebuano: Jericó
  • Chinese: Jericó
  • Chinese: 赫里科
  • Dutch: Jericó
  • French: Jericó
  • Galician: Jericó, Antioquia
  • Georgian: ხერიკო
  • Iloko: Jericó, Antioquia
  • Iloko: Jericó
  • Interlingue: Jericó
  • Irish: Jericó
  • Italian: Jericó
  • Japanese: ヘリコ
  • Kotava: Jericó (Antioquia)
  • Kotava: Jericó
  • Malay: Jericó
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jericó
  • Persian: خریکو (انتیوکیا)
  • Persian: خریکو
  • Polish: Jericó
  • Portuguese: Jericó
  • Romanian: Jericó, Antioquia
  • Romanian: Jericó
  • Russian: Херико
  • Spanish: Jerico
  • Spanish: Jericó
  • Swedish: Jericó
  • Tagalog: Jericó
  • Turkish: Jericó (Antioquia)
  • Turkish: Jericó (belediye)
  • Turkish: Jericó belediyesi
  • Turkish: Jericó, Antioquia
  • Turkish: Jericó
  • Uzbek: Jericó
  • Vietnamese: Jericó, Antioquia
  • Vietnamese: Jericó
  • Waray (Philippines): Jericó
  • Welsh: Jericó

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jerico”. Photo: Kamilokardona, CC BY-SA 4.0.