The Jericho Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أريحا‎ Muḥāfaẓat Arīḥā; Hebrew: נפת יריחו, translit. Nafat Yeriḥo) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank, along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jordan River valley bordering Jordan. The governorate spans west to the mountains east of Ramallah and the eastern slopes of Jerusalem, including the northern reaches of the Judaean Desert.