Samaria highlands

E747852

geographical region historical region mountainous region

The Samaria highlands are a central mountainous region in the historical Land of Israel/Palestine, characterized by rugged terrain, terraced agriculture, and a long history of ancient settlements and biblical associations.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
central highlands of Palestine	2
Samaria foothills	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ mountainous region ⓘ
ancientName	Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Coastal Plain of Sharon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jezreel Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Judean highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains	Mount Ebal NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ Shechem region NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient city of Samaria (Sebaste) NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainage	wadis flowing east to Jordan Valley ⓘ wadis flowing west to Mediterranean ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 400–900 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSites	Hellenistic-period towns ⓘ Iron Age settlements ⓘ Roman and Byzantine remains ⓘ
hasContestedStatus	subject of Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
hasFeature	ancient settlements ⓘ biblical associations ⓘ
hasLandCover	maquis shrubland ⓘ patches of Mediterranean woodland ⓘ
hasLandUse	terraced agriculture ⓘ
hasPopulation	predominantly Palestinian towns and villages in modern era ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan community NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSoilType	limestone-based soils ⓘ
hasTerrain	rugged terrain ⓘ
historicalCenterOf	Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	olive cultivation ⓘ terraced hillsides ⓘ vineyards ⓘ
locatedIn	Palestine region NERFINISHED ⓘ central Levant ⓘ historical Land of Israel ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible New Testament ⓘ
overlapsWith	modern administrative area of the northern West Bank ⓘ
partOf	West Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ central hill country of Israel/Palestine ⓘ
strategicImportance	controls north–south routes along central ridge ⓘ controls routes between coastal plain and Jordan Valley ⓘ
traditionalAgriculturalPractice	stone terracing ⓘ
usedFor	pastoralism ⓘ rain-fed agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Esdraelon Plain → borders → Samaria highlands ⓘ

Al-Walaja → locatedIn → Samaria highlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: central highlands of Palestine

Kibbutz Megiddo → hasNearbyHistoricalRegion → Samaria highlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaria foothills

Coastal Plain → separatedFrom → Samaria highlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Coastal Plain of Palestine

this entity surface form: central highlands of Palestine