Jericho Governorate

E132188
Governorate of the State of Palestine administrative district

Jericho Governorate is an administrative district in the eastern West Bank that includes the historic city of Jericho and surrounding areas near the Jordan River and Dead Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jericho Governorate canonical 5
Jericho and surrounding district 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of the State of Palestine ⓘ
administrative district ⓘ
administrativeCenter city of Jericho ⓘ
borders Bethlehem Governorate ⓘ
Dead Sea ⓘ
Jerusalem Governorate ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate ⓘ
capital Jericho ⓘ
contains Jericho ⓘ
Jordan Valley ⓘ
containsRefugeeCamp Aqbat Jabr refugee camp ⓘ
Aqbat Jabr refugee camp ⓘ
surface form: Ein as-Sultan refugee camp
country State of Palestine ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic one of the lowest-lying inhabited regions on Earth ⓘ
governedBy Governor of Jericho ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing Allenby Bridge ⓘ
King Hussein Bridge ⓘ
hasClimate arid climate ⓘ
hasKeyNaturalFeature Jordan Valley ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River floodplain

oases around Jericho ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation Jordan Valley ⓘ
surface form: Jordan Valley corridor
hasTypeOfSettlement refugee camp ⓘ
includesHistoricSite Hisham's Palace ⓘ
Mount of Temptation ⓘ
Tell es-Sultan ⓘ
ancient city of Jericho ⓘ
includesProtectedArea Ein Feshkha (Einot Tzukim) ⓘ
knownFor citrus farming ⓘ
date palm cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn Palestinian territories ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
locatedOn Jordan River ⓘ
lowestPointIncludes Dead Sea shore ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea shoreline
partOf Area A (in parts) ⓘ
Area B (in parts) ⓘ
Area C ⓘ
surface form: Area C (in parts)

Palestinian National Authority administrative divisions ⓘ
roadConnection Highway 90 (Jordan Valley road) ⓘ
road to Jerusalem via Wadi Qelt ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jericho → partOf → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
Jericho → governorateCapitalOf → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
Qumran → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
Khirbat al-Mafjar → locatedIn → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate → borderWith → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
Ptolemy son of Abubus → regionGoverned → Jericho Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jericho and surrounding district