The Jeddah Flagpole is a freestanding flagpole in
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate and the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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. Standing high, it was the
tallest flagpole in the world from 2014 until 2021,
when the
Cairo Flagpole in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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was erected at a height of .
The cylindrical flagpole was built of 500 tons of steel in September 2014 by the Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiative and Al-Babtain Power & Telecom. The flagpole sections were lifted into place by a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane with a 182-meter boom operated by Gulf Haulage and Heavy Lift Company.
The flagpole broke the previous height record held by the
Dushanbe Flagpole in
Tajikistan
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, which is tall.
Record holders previous to the Dushanbe flagpole included the
National Flagpole in
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and the
Panmunjeom Flagpole of
Kijŏng-dong
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in
North Korea
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.
A Saudi Arabian flag, by and weighing ,
was raised for the first time on 23 September 2014, the
National Day of Saudi Arabia.
The Jeddah Flagpole is located in the center of King Abdullah Square, surrounded by 13 lights that represent the 13 governorates of Saudi Arabia.
The 26,000-square-meter park, also known as "Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Square", is located next to Jeddah's North Corniche. One-third covered with plants, it represents the two swords and palm tree, the emblem of Saudi Arabia.
References
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Buildings and structures in Jeddah
Flagpoles
Buildings and structures completed in 2014
2014 establishments in Saudi Arabia