Judea and Samaria Area
| Judea and Samaria Area | |
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 District of Israel |
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| - transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן |
| • Arabic | يَهُوذَا وَالسَّامِرَةِ |
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| Cities | 4 |
| Local councils | 13 |
| Regional councils | 6 |
| Capital | Ariel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,878 km2 (2,270 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 407,118 residents (Israeli citizens only) |
Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, Ezor Yehuda VeShomron, also an acronym יו"ש Yosh or ש"י Shai; Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, Yahuda was-Sāmerah) is the Israeli government term for the territory generally referred to as the West Bank, but excluding East Jerusalem. It is for some purposes regarded by Israeli authorities as one of its administrative regions, although the international community considers the West Bank to be Palestinian territory held by Israel under military occupation.
The Judea and Samaria Area covers a portion of the territory designated by the ancient names Judea and Samaria. Samaria corresponds to part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, also known as the Northern Kingdom. Judea corresponds to part of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, also known as the Southern Kingdom.
After the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel in about 721 BCE, the previous inhabitants were deported and replaced by forced resettlement by other peoples, which eventually became Samaritans, at the hands of the Assyrians. As a direct consequence, a central part of the former Northern Kingdom of Israel was renamed Samaria (Shomron in Hebrew). During the Hellenistic and Roman periods the name of the former Southern Kingdom of Judah was hellenized to Judea. In modern times, Samaria was the name of one of the administrative districts of Mandatory Palestine. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, adopted in 1947, referred to "Samaria and Judea" as part of a proposed Arab state to be carved out of the Mandate of Palestine but the boundaries of "Samaria and Judea" did not precisely coincide with the current Judea and Samaria Area.
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