Judea and Samaria Area

The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara) is an administrative division of Israel. It encompasses the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law). Its area is split into 165 Palestinian "islands" that are under total or partial civil administration by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and a contiguous area containing 230 Israeli settlements into which Israeli law is "pipelined".

This article is about an Israeli administrative division that overlaps the West Bank. For the biblical regions that serve as its namesake, see Judea and Samaria. For the biblical kingdoms, see Kingdom of Judah and Kingdom of Samaria.
Not to be confused with Area C (West Bank), the administrative area defined in the Oslo II Accord.
Judea and Samaria Area
אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן‎
يَهُودَا وَالسَّامِرَةِ‎
Israeli administrative division
Map of Israel and the Golan Heights, with the Judea and Samaria Area (Israeli-occupied West Bank excluding East Jerusalem) highlighted in peach
Coordinates: 31°45′N 35°00′E
Country Palestine (Under Israeli occupation)
RegionWest Bank
Named forJudea, Samaria
CapitalAriel
Area
 • Total5,878 km2 (2,270 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total502,991 Israeli Jews (Jan. 2,023);
180,000−300,000 Palestinians (Area C of the West Bank)

While its area is internationally recognized as a part of the Palestinian territories, some Israeli authorities group it together with the districts of Israel proper, largely for statistical purposes. The term Judea and Samaria serves as another name for the West Bank in Israel.

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