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Qiryat Tiv'on (Israel)

Mo'atza Mekomit Qiryat Tiv'on, Local Council of Qiryat Tiv'on

[Local Council of Qiryat Tiv'on (Israel)]

image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3

Emblem adopted 16th June 1960

Description

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Municipal Flags (Israel)
Haifa Subdistrict (Haifa District, Israel)
Israel

Description

Local Council Qiryat Tiv'on is located on the hills on the border between Zevulun and Yizrael (Jezreel) valleys. It is 15 km SE of Haifa on the main road to Nazareth . According to the local council website:

Qiryat Tiv'on is a rural town situated on the main road from Haifa to Nazareth - Haifa on the West and Nazareth on the East. Qiryat Tiv'on was established on the historical hills of Sheik Abrekh and Hartiya between the Zevulun and Jezreel valleys, at the entrance to the Lower Galilee. The home of 14,000 inhabitants, Qiryat Tiv'on now comprises four main neighborhoods: Qiryat Haroshet, founded in 1934, Elro'ei, founded in 1936, Qiryat Amal, founded in 1937 and Tiv'on, founded in 1947. Qiryat Tiv'on's unique landscape, characterised by an abundance of oak trees and captivating indigenous vegetation, enhance the rural architecture and the unique social atmosphere.

The emblem show two cyclamen flowers (Hebrew Rakefet). The local council website says:

The symbol of Qiryat Tiv'on in the cyclamen, which grows between rocks, and reflects the closeness of the town to nature, its effort to maintain a unique community atmosphere, and balance between landscape preservation and adherence to rules and regulations concerning development and the environment.

The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot), YP 770, 16 June 1960. The unofficial flag on the city hall is the emblem on a yellow field.
Sources: author's own observation, 1 September 2001; local council website; this webpage.
Dov Gutterman, 6 September 2001

Local Council since 1958 with the unification of Elro'ei (merged into Qiryar Amal in 1949), Qiryat Amal (Local Council since 1948) and Tiv'on (Local Council since 1950, named after an ancient town with this name). Qiryat Haroshet was annexed in 1979.
Dov Gutterman, 3 May 2007