Samaria
Samaria, the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron, is used as a historical and biblical name for the central region of the Land of Israel. It is bordered by Judea to the south, Galilee to the north, the Jordan River to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.- Type: Region
- Description: historical region in the Levant
- Also known as: “As Sāmirah”, “Samareia”, “Samariar”, “Samaritide”, “Samariye”, “Samarujo”, “Samiriye”, “Schomron”, “Shomrom”, “Shōmrōn”, “Самария, Западный берег Иордана”, “Самарія (край)”, “Шомрон”, “הר שומרון”, “הרי שומרון”, “שומרון (שטאט)”, “سامرة”, “शोमरोन”, “サマリヤ”, “撒瑪利亞”, and “撒瑪黎雅”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Samaria National Park and Park HaTznirim.
Samaria National Park
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Roman Theatre
Archaeological site
Roman Theatre is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km northeast of Samaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir Sharaf and Shavei Shomron.
Samaria
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.25° or 32° 15′ north
Longitude
35.16667° or 35° 10′ east
Elevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q7528+2M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Samaria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “السامرة”
- Armenian: “Սամարիա”
- Basque: “Samaria”
- Belarusian: “Самарыя”
- Bengali: “শমরিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Самария”
- Catalan: “Samaria”
- Chinese: “撒馬利亞”
- Chinese: “撒马利亚”
- Czech: “Samařsko”
- Danish: “Samaria”
- Dutch: “Samaria”
- Esperanto: “Samario (geografio)”
- Esperanto: “Samario”
- Faroese: “Samária”
- Finnish: “Samaria”
- French: “Samarie”
- Galician: “Samaria”
- German: “Samaria”
- German: “Samarien”
- Greek: “Σαμάρεια”
- Greek: “Σαμάρια”
- Hebrew: “השומרון”
- Hindi: “सामरिया”
- Hungarian: “Szamária”
- Indonesian: “Samaria”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Samaria”
- Irish: “An tSamáir”
- Italian: “Samaria”
- Japanese: “サマリア”
- Korean: “사마리아”
- Latin: “Samaria”
- Latvian: “Samārija”
- Lithuanian: “Samarija”
- Macedonian: “Самарија”
- Malagasy: “Samaria”
- Marathi: “समेरिया”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samaria (region)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Samaria”
- Norwegian: “Samaria”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Samària”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܫܡܪܝܐ”
- Persian: “سامریه”
- Polish: “Samaria”
- Portuguese: “Samaria”
- Romanian: “Samaria”
- Russian: “Самария”
- Samoan: “Samaria”
- Serbian: “Samarija”
- Serbian: “Самарија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Samarija”
- Shona: “Samaria”
- Slovenian: “Samarija”
- Spanish: “Samaria”
- Swahili: “Samaria”
- Swedish: “Samaria”
- Swedish: “Samarien”
- Swiss German: “Samarie”
- Swiss German: “Samarien”
- Tagalog: “Samaria”
- Tamil: “சமாரியா”
- Turkish: “Samarya”
- Ukrainian: “Самарія”
- Urdu: “سامرہ”
- Uzbek: “Samariya”
- Venetian: “Samària”
- Waray (Philippines): “Samaria (rehiyon)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Samaria”
- Yiddish: “שומרון”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Khirbat ‘Aql and An-Naqura.
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