Samaria National Park

Samaria was the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel between c. 880 BC and c. 720 BC. The city gave its name to the surrounding region of , a historical region bounded by to the south and by Galilee to the north.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: ancient city in the West Bank, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Ancient Samaria”, “Mint of Samaria”, “Samaria”, “Sebaste”, “Sebaste in Palæstina”, and “Shomron”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roman Theatre.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 100 metres northeast of Samaria National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sebastia and Shavei Shomron.

Village
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is a Palestinian village of about 3,205 inhabitants, located in the of the State of Palestine, some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of .

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the northern . Built on lands confiscated from the neighboring Palestinian villages of and , it is located to the west of , on the road to .

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in northern , located 10 kilometers northwest of and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of .

Samaria National Park

Latitude
32.27645° or 32° 16′ 35″ north
Longitude
35.19013° or 35° 11′ 25″ east
Open location code
8G4Q75GR+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265619990
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1757438
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Samaria National Park” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Samaria”
  • Arabic: “السامرة”
  • Asturian: “Samaria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Samariya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səməriyyə”
  • Basque: “Samaria”
  • Belarusian: “Самарыя”
  • Breton: “Shomron”
  • Catalan: “Samària”
  • Chinese: “撒瑪利亞”
  • Chinese: “撒馬利亞”
  • Chinese: “撒马利亚”
  • Croatian: “Samarija (grad)”
  • Croatian: “Samarija”
  • Czech: “Samaří”
  • Dutch: “Samaria (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Samaria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السامره”
  • Finnish: “Samaria”
  • French: “Samaria”
  • French: “Samarie (ville)”
  • French: “Samarie”
  • German: “Samaria”
  • Greek: “Σαμάρεια”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאומי שומרון (סבסטיה)”
  • Hebrew: “סבסטיאה”
  • Hebrew: “שומרון”
  • Hebrew: “תל שומרון”
  • Hungarian: “Szamária”
  • Italian: “Samaria”
  • Japanese: “サマリア”
  • Lithuanian: “Samarija (miestas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Samarija”
  • Maori: “Hamaria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samaria”
  • Norwegian: “Samaria”
  • Persian: “سامره (شهر باستانی)”
  • Persian: “سامریه”
  • Polish: “Samaria”
  • Portuguese: “Samaria”
  • Romanian: “Samaria”
  • Russian: “Самариа”
  • Russian: “Самария”
  • Russian: “Шомрон”
  • Serbian: “Самарија (древни град)”
  • Serbian: “Самарија”
  • Slovenian: “Samarija”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de Samaria”
  • Spanish: “Samaria”
  • Swedish: “Samaria”
  • Tagalog: “Samaria (sinaunang lungsod)”
  • Tagalog: “Samaria”
  • Turkish: “Samarya”
  • Ukrainian: “Самарія”
  • Urdu: “سامریہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Samari”
  • Vietnamese: “Samaria”

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