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Arad (Israel)

Municipality of Arad, Iriyat Arad

Last modified: 2008-07-19 by dov gutterman
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[Municipality of Arad (Israel)]
image by Željko Heimer | 2:3
Emblem adopted 19th May 1966



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Description

Arad is situated in the border of Judea desert, 25 km west from the Dead Sea and 37 Kms east of Be'er Sheva, just next to the famous Massada (Metzada) Mount. Est. 1962 and has 27,000 inh. Named after a Biblical town located in Tel-Arad.
The flag of Arad is a logo on white as implied from the tiny flag on a photo at the city website. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut HaPirsumim), YP 1277, 19 May 1966, for the then Local Council Arad.
Dov Gutterman
, 6 September 2001

I received a letter from municipality with the correct emblem, showing minor colour differences from the one in the city website. The flame represents the gas found in the area and the hill represents Mount Kidod (600 m) which the town is built upon.
Sources: letter from Ms. Shula Shokaty, city spokesman secretary, 11 September 2001; desk flag.
Dov Gutterman
, 21 September 2001

The flag is really emblem on light blue with inscription in Hebrew (above) and English (below).
Source: author's own observation, 19 June 2003.
Dov Gutterman
, 20 June 2003

Here's a photograph from wikipedia of the flag. Unless I am mistaken, the background is white. Also, I've never seen the flag with English text, although I could be wrong about that.
Ynhockey, 10 March 2008

This is probably the previous flag as reported above. However, when I visited Arad in 2003, the flag was as the above.
Dov Gutterman, 10 March 2008