Rihab

{{Short description|Village in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan}} {{Short description|City in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan}} {{For|the village in Saudi Arabia|Mafraq, Saudi Arabia}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Rihab | native_name = | settlement_type = Village  | image_skyline = Girls irrigation training photo.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = A training session at the girls’ school in Rihab Village | image_flag = | image_seal = | pushpin_map = Jordan | pushpin_label_position = Rihab | coordinates = {{coord|32|18|00|N|36|6|00|E|region:JO|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Jordan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Mafraq Governorate | established_title = | established_date = | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | timezone = GMT +2 | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = +3 | area_code = | website = }} '''Rihab''' is a village in Mafraq Governorate, in northern Jordan.

==Antique church buildings== Rihab is home to numerous natural caves and dozens of churches, most of which date back to the late sixth or early seventh century.<ref name="Ridiculous">{{cite news |last=Milstein |first=Mati |date=13 June 2008 |title="Oldest Church" Discovery "Ridiculous," Critics Say |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108094044/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html |archive-date=2008-11-08 |work=National Geographic |location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-giz-preserve-unique-mosaic-heritage-rihab |title=UNESCO, GIZ preserve unique mosaic heritage in Rihab |last= |first= |date=8 March 2021 |website= |publisher=UNESCO |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

St. George's church in AMORIHAB is claimed to be one of the oldest churches in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5613/ |title=Hatay, St. Pierre Church |last= |first= |date=15 April 2011 |website= |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Tentative Lists |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> A cave beneath the church may have been used for Christian worship as early as AD 33, although this claim has been contested by experts.<ref name="Ridiculous"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446812.stm |work=BBC News |first=Matt |last=McGrath |title=Jordan cave may be oldest church |date=10 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 June 2008 |title=Doubts Raised About Ancient Christian Shrine in Jordan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/doubts-raised-about-ancient-christian-shrine-in-jordan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108061558/https://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/06/12/doubts-raised-about-ancient-christian-shrine-in-jordan/ |archive-date=2014-11-08 |work=Fox News |location= |url-status=live|access-date=}} </ref> ==Demographics== In 1961 the population of Rihab was 526 persons.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p20.pdf 20]</ref> ==See also== * List of oldest church buildings

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==Further reading== *{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}} * {{cite journal |last1=Mittmann |first1=Siegfried |date=1967 |title=Die Mosaikinschrift der Menas-Kirche in Riḥāb |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27930795 |journal=Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=42–45 |language=German|doi= |jstor=27930795 |access-date=}} * {{cite journal |last1=Piccirillo |first1=Michele |author-link1= Michele Piccirillo (archaeologist)|last2=Storme |first2=Albert |date=January 1981 |title=LES ANTIQUITÉS DE RIḤAB DES BENÊ ḤASAN |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44088520 |journal=Revue Biblique |publisher=Peeters Publishers| volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=62–69 |language=French |doi= |jstor=44088520 |access-date=}} * {{cite journal |last1=Abu-Ghazalah |first1=Samer |last2=Al-Hissan |first2=Abdel-kader |date=2002 |title=Discovery of the Oldest Church of the World |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00038628.2002.9696943 |journal=Architectural Science Review |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=295–297 |doi=10.1080/00038628.2002.9696943 |s2cid=219597102 |access-date=|url-access=subscription }} * {{cite journal |last1=Al-Bashaireh |first1=Khaled |last2=Al-Housan |first2=Abdul Qader |date=2015 |title=Provenance investigation of white marbles of chancel screens from Rihab Byzantine churches, northeast Jordan. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207414001423 |journal=Journal of Cultural Heritage |volume=16 |issue= 4|pages=591–596 |doi=10.1016/j.culher.2014.10.002 |access-date=|url-access=subscription }} * {{cite journal |last1=Aliquot |first1=Julien |last2=Al-Husan |first2=Abdul Qader |date=2020 |title=The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Riḥāb (Jordan): epigraphy and history |url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03076673/document |journal=Berytus, American University of Beirut |volume=59-60 |issue= |pages=107–130 |doi= |access-date=}}

Category:Populated places in Mafraq Governorate