Kiryat Luza

{{Short description|Samaritan village in West Bank}}

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| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the West Bank##Location within the de jure State of Palestine

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| subdivision_name1 = West Bank

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| population_total = 380

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| subdivision_name2 = Nablus

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Kiryat Luza ({{langx|ar|قرية لوزة}}, {{langx|he|קרית לוזה}}) is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority,{{cite news|last1=Barbati|first1=Gabrielle|title=Israeli Election Preview: The Samaritans, Caught Between Two Votes|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/israeli-election-preview-samaritans-caught-between-two-votes-1028684|access-date=14 October 2014|work=International Business Times|date=January 21, 2013}} and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans. Kiryat Luza is home to roughly half of the world's total Samaritan population, with the other half located in the Israeli city of Holon.Louis J. Salome, Violence, veils, and bloodlines: reporting from war zones, McFarland, 2010 p.76.