as-Sāmira) was the capital city of the KingdomofIsrael between c. 880 BCE and c. 720 BCE. It is the namesake ofSamaria, a historical region bounded by Judea
of Samaria, capital of the northern KingdomofIsrael. The name Samaria likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria
the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor