Jericho (Arabic أريحا , ʼArīḥā; Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ , Standard Yəriḥo Tiberian Yərîḫô / Yərîḥô; derived from the word meaning "moon," as the city was an early center of worship for lunar deities; Canaanite Yareah, Greek Ἱεριχώ) is a town in the West Bank, located within the Jericho Governorate, near the Jordan River.
Believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of over 20 successive settlements there, dating back to 9000 BC.
Jericho has a population of approximately 25,000 Palestinians. The current mayor is former lawyer, Hassan Saleh.