SAMARIA
Samaria
Samaria, or the Shomron is a mountainous region in the Southern Levant, based on the borders of the biblical Northern Kingdom of Israel. The name "Samaria" derives from the ancient city Samaria, the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. In modern usage it is roughly corresponding to the northern West Bank.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Samaria
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