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Eilat (Israel)

Municipality of Elat, Iriyat Elat

Last modified: 2026-09-19 by martin karner
Keywords: elat | eilat | iriyat elat | text: hebrew (blue) | anchor | cogwheel | fort |
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[Municipality of Eilat, 2:3 yellow variant (Israel)]        
image by Dov Gutterman                 2:3
Emblem adopted 1st June 1972 		[flag] 
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Description

The city of Eilat uses as flag a blue logo on many backgrounds. The one on the city hall is yellow but there are also white and light blue.
Dov Gutterman, 15 April 1999/15 May 1999/13 April 2000

Eilat is the southmost point of Israel on the shore of the Red Sea. Eilat (sometimes written also as Elat) is a resort place with many attractions and a port. In Eilat there are border passes to Egypt and Jordan. Eilat was established in 1949 and became a municipality in 1959. It was established on a site of a desert police station named Um Rashrash (see the ink flag story). Eilat is named after a biblical port-city and has 49'000 inh.

Mr. Yehuda Kaplinski, assistant to the mayor wrote me as follows:

  1. I couldn't find any source about the adoption of Eilat emblem or flag.
  2. In events, we use coloured flags in sizes of 70 × 150 cm, charged with the city emblem.

I made the image with a yellow field since this is the flag that I saw in the city hall. In my opinion it was 2:3, but he said 70 × 150 cm which is 7:15 ratio which seems to be wrong.

Dov Gutterman, 19 August 2001

The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot), YP 1827, 1 June 1972.
Dov Gutterman, 4 September 2001

I had another opportunity to check it ... and it is 2:3. However, Eilat joined the other ports and now a blue flag (with no inscription) is hoisted in front of the city hall.
Dov Gutterman, 19 June 2003

Elat appears in the Bible (2 Kings 14:22 and 16:6). There are three possible explanations for the origin of its name: Ela (name of a tree – Pistacia), Eyal (strength – after the strong storms) and Ayal (deer).
The Eilat emblem appeared on a stamp issued on 24 March 1965.
According to the official website [retrieved], the explanation of the emblem is as follows:

  • anchor at see – shipping
  • cogwheel – industry
  • on the background – fort, representing its security value at the borders of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
    Dov Gutterman, 5 April 2005

    ♦ Timeline of Eilat (until 1949) (eilat.muni.il, Hebrew [retrieved] | English translation)

    Blue Variant

    [Municipality of Eilat, 2:3 blue variant (Israel)] 2:3
    image by Dov Gutterman

    ♦ photo

    Flag with 7:15 Ratio (Wrong?)

    [Municipality of Eilat (Israel)] 7:15
    image by Dov Gutterman

    Coat of Arms

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