The Ashgabat Flagpole ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Baş Baýdagy, lit='Main flag of Turkmenistan') is a
flagpole
A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The fla ...
in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
,
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
. It is tall, making it the
4th tallest free–standing and 5th tallest flagpole in the world. It was erected on 29 June 2008. It was the tallest free–standing flagpole in the world until being surpassed by the
National Flagpole in
Azerbaijan
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on 1 September 2010. The Vice-president of the
Guinness Book of World Records
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at the time, Greig Glenday, came to Ashgabat as a witness, and handed over a certificate of the record.
The flagpole flies a
flag of Turkemenistan which weighs . The flagpole was built by the Turkish construction company
Polimeks
Polimeks İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. Polimeks, established in 1995 and grew to become one of the world’s leading construction companies, in recent years transformed into a global investment holding ...
.
The ceremonial raising of the flag on 29 June 2008 was attended by members of the
Turkmen government, representatives of public organisations, the media, and the people.
Despite the flagpole's height, it is not the tallest structure in Ashgabat. It is surpassed by the tall
Turkmenistan Tower in height by 78 metres.
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
The world's tallest human-made structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates). The building gained the official title of "tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on January ...
References
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Tourist attractions in Ashgabat
Construction records
Cultural infrastructure completed in 2008
Flagpoles
Buildings and structures in Ashgabat