Editing Jericho (section)

===British Mandate period===
[[File:AN AERIAL PHOTO OF JERICHO. צילום אויר של יריחו.D332-058.jpg|thumb|Jericho 1938]]

After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of [[World War I]], Jericho came under British rule, as part of [[Mandatory Palestine]].

According to the [[1922 census of Palestine]], Jericho had 1,029 inhabitants (931 Muslims, 92 Christians, and six Jews).<ref name=Census1922a>Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jericho, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n21/mode/1up 19]</ref> The Christian population consisted of 45 Orthodox, 12 Roman Catholics, 13 Greek Catholics ([[Melkite Catholics]]), 6 Syrian Catholic, 11 Armenians, four Copts and one Church of England.<ref name=Census1922b>Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n47/mode/1up 45]</ref>

In 1927, an [[1927 Jericho earthquake|earthquake struck]] and affected Jericho and other cities. Around 300 people died,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/10/22/israel-hit-by-fifth-minor-quake-in-a-week/ |title=Israel hit by fifth minor quake in a week |publisher=[[Ya Libnan]] |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> but by the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] the population had increased to 1,693 inhabitants (1,512 Muslims, 170 Christians, seven Druze, and four Jews), in 347 houses.<ref name=Census31>Mills, 1932, p.[https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 45]</ref>

In the 1938 statistics, Jericho lists a population of 1,996 people (including five Jews).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village statistics, February 1938. |url=https://rosetta.nli.org.il/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13978876 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=rosetta.nli.org.il}}</ref>

In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]], Jericho's population was 3,010 (2,570 Muslims, 260 Christians, 170 Jews, and 10 "other"<ref name="1945p24">Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p24.jpg 24]</ref>) and it had jurisdiction over 37,481 [[dunam]]s of land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jerusalem/Page-057.jpg 57]</ref> Of this, 948 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 5,873 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 9,141 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jerusalem/Page-102.jpg 102]</ref> while a total of 38 dunams were urban, built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jerusalem/Page-153.jpg 153]</ref>

During [[World War II]] The British built fortresses in Jericho with the help of the Jewish company [[Solel Boneh]], and bridges were rigged with explosives in preparation for a possible invasion by German allied forces.<ref name=Frilingp65>Friling and Cummings, 2005, p. 65.</ref>