Place details
Place nameWest Bank
Other namesHa-gadah Ha-ma'aravit, Ad Daffah al Gharbiyah, Westjordanland, Judaea and Samaria, WE00
CountryYisra'el
Latitude31.667
Longitude35.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area on the west bank of the Jordan River. Its current temporary status is Israeli-occupied subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement. It was annexed by Jordan in 1949 and administered as the governorates Jerusalem, Hebron, and Nablus; occupied by Israel after 1967 Six Day War and administered by Judea-Samaria district; Palestinians have since asserted claims to the area and have authority over much of its territory.