Municipality of Shfar'am (Israel)

Iriyat Shfar'am, Shfa Omar

Last modified: 2003-04-19 by santiago dotor
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by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 19th May 1966

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See also:

• Druze People (Israel)
• Municipal Flags (Israel)
• Israel

Shfar'am derives its name from Shofar ha'Am, meaning 'Shofar of the People'. Its Arab name is Shfa Omar or Omar's Health, after Muslim general Omaro Bin-Elias. It is situated on the road from the Qrayot to Nazareth, northeast of Haifa, 8 km from the seashore. Est. 1910, pop: 30,000 made up of Druzes, Christians and Muslims.

In my visit of 17 September 2001, I spotted a flag on the city hall, white with a blue emblem and inscriptions in three languages.

Dov Gutterman, 22 September 2001