耶利哥 (阿拉伯文أريحا‎,羅馬拼音:Arīḥā希伯來文יְרִיחוֹ‎,羅馬拼音:Yeriḥo) 係一座位於西岸地區嘅城市,係巴勒斯坦國耶利哥省嘅首都,由巴勒斯坦自治政府管治[4]。耶利哥位於約旦河河谷,截至2017年人口係 20,907人[3]

耶利哥
阿拉伯文أريحا
希伯來文יריחו
巴勒斯坦自治城
耶利哥城
耶利哥城
管治巴勒斯坦自治政府
耶利哥省
建城公元前9600年
政府
 • 類型自治城 (自從1994年)
 • 市長Salem Ghrouf[1][2]
面積
 • 總計59 平方公里(20 平方英里)
海拔−258 米(−846 英尺)
人口(2017)[3]
 • 總計20,907
 • 密度360/平方公里(920/平方英里)

自從英屬巴勒斯坦時期以嚟,耶利哥嘅控制一直都唔穩定:由1949年到1967年由約旦管,1967到1994年由以色列管,由1994年到依家由巴勒斯坦自治政府[5][6]

耶利哥係世界上其中最古老嘅城市之一[7][8][9],亦係最先有城牆嘅城市[10]。考古學家到依家,發掘到超過20層村落嘅足跡,最早嘅估計係有11,000年歷史[11][12]。耶利哥城周圍都係棕櫚樹,所以吸引咗人類喺度住咗咁耐[13],而《聖經》亦形容佢為“棕樹城”[14]

2023年,耶利哥古城成爲咗 UNESCO 世界遺產[15][16]

睇埋 編輯

參考 編輯

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  9. Freedman et al., 2000, p. 689–671.
  10. Michal Strutin, Discovering Natural Israel (2001), p. 4.
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  14. 命記34:3.
  15. Nobani, Ayman (18 Sep 2023). "Jericho's Tell es-Sultan added to UNESCO World Heritage list". Al Jazeera (英文). 原先內容歸檔喺Sep 20, 2023. 喺2023-09-20搵到.
  16. "Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (英文). 喺2023-09-20搵到.