Judea and Samaria Area

Not to be confused with Area C (West Bank), the administrative area defined in the Oslo II Accord.
This article is about an Israeli administrative division that overlaps the West Bank. For the proposed state, see State of Judea. 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.

31°45′N 35°00′E / 31.750°N 35.000°E / 31.750; 35.000

Judea and Samaria Area
אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן‎
يَهُودَا وَالسَّامِرَةِ‎
Israeli administrative division
Map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, with the Judea and Samaria Area highlighted in red with hatching
Interactive map of Judea and Samaria Area
Control Israel
Palestine
RegionWest Bank
Named afterJudea, Samaria
CapitalAriel
Area
 • Total
5,878 km2 (2,270 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
529,455 residents (Israeli citizens only)

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 used by Israel to refer to 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 territory of Area C containing 230 Israeli settlements into which Israeli law is "pipelined".

While the area is widely recognized internationally as a part of Palestine, some Israeli authorities group it together with the districts of Israel proper, largely for statistical purposes.


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