Municipality of Ashdod (Israel)

Iriyat Ashdod

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by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 16th January 1969

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Ashdod is situated on the sea shore, 27 km south to Tel Aviv and is the main port of the area. Its name taken from the Bible (Joshua 15,20-47). Founded in 1956 and got a big boost when the port was built. Pop, 150,000. The unofficial municipal flag is blue with a white emblem. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut ha-Pirsumim), YP 1499, 16 January 1969, to replace that of the former Local Council which had been published in YP 1001, 28 March 1963. Sources: author's own observation, 29 September 2001.

Dov Gutterman, 12 October 2001