Dushanbe Flagpole

Dushanbe Flagpole
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Record height
Tallest in the world from 2011 to 2014[I]
Preceded byNational Flagpole
Surpassed byJeddah Flagpole
General information
LocationDushanbe, Tajikistan
Height165 m (541 ft)

The Dushanbe Flagpole (Russian: Площадь государственного флага; Tajik: Боғи парчами Тоҷикистон, romanizedBoghi parchami Tojikiston) is a free–standing flagpole located in front of the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. At 165 metres (541 feet),[1] it was the tallest flagpole in the world from its completion in 2011 until the 2014 erection of the 171 m (561 ft) Jeddah Flagpole.[2][3] It is now the fourth tallest flagpole in the world. It flies a 30 m × 60 m (98 ft × 197 ft) Flag of Tajikistan weighing 700 kilograms (1,540 pounds).[4]

  1. ^ "Wer baut den hoechsten Fahnenmast". Asia Plus. 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Tallest Unsupported Flagpole". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Tallest unsupported flagpole". Guinness World Records. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Tajikistan shows off world's tallest flagpole". Reuters. August 31, 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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