Municipality of Tirat Carmel (Israel)

Iriyat Tirat Carmel

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by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Coat-of-arms adopted 30th July 1959

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Tirat ha-Carmel (meaning Carmel's castle / palace) is situated between Mount Carmel and the seashore just south of Haifa. Est. 1948 and has 20,000 inh.

In my visit on 3 september 2001, I did not see any flag above the city hall. However, a municipal emblem on a white flag was spotted above another municipal building. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot), YP 690, 30 July 1959, for the then Local Council Tirat ha-Carmel.

Dov Gutterman, 9 September 2001

Mr. Shmuel Katoni, city clerk, told me:

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