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Givatayim is situated in thr centre of Gush-Dan just
east of Tel-Aviv and south of Ramat Gan. It was established in 1922,
becoming a Local Council in 1942 and a municipality in 1959. It
has 55,000 inh. and its name (meaning two hills) came
from the hills which it was built upon.
The municiplity answered none of my three enquiries, but on 26
August 2001 I was nearby and I went to the municipality to see
the municipal flag. This is quite unorthodox for an Israely
municipality, since it is not a logo-on-bedsheet flag. Horizontal
green-white-green (1:3:1) with the emblem in the centre. There
was not enough light but the emblem seems to be only outlined in
black, not the natural colours one that can be seen in the municipal
website.
Sources: author's observation on 21 August 2001 and municipal website.
Dov Gutterman, 27 August 2001
The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot),
YP 1861, 28 September 1972. It replaced the previous and quite
similar emblem of the Local Council Givatayim, published YP 633,
13 November 1958.
Dov Gutterman, 4 September 2001
Giv'atayim became a local council in 1942 after the
unification of six neighborhoods: Borohov (est. 1922), Sheinkin
(est. 1925) , Qiryat Yosef (est. 1934) , Rambam (est. 1933),
Arlozorov (est. 1936) and Poaley HaRakevet (railroads workers,
est. 1931).
Unfortunately, the municipal
site tell us nothing about the emblem and flag.
The emblem appeared on a stamp
that was issued on 9 July 1969.
Dov Gutterman, 12 April 2005
images located by Bill Garrison, 1 October 2022
image located by Bill Garrison, 1 October 2022
Original symbol sketch from 1940s.
Bill Garrison, 1 October 2022