Jeddah Flagpole (Jeddah)

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The Jeddah Flagpole is a flagpole located at King Abdullah Square in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is the tallest flagpole in the world since 2014. The Saudi Arabian flag was unfurled on the flagpole and was inaugurated on National Day of Saudi Arabia 23 September 2014. The flagpole is 170 metres high, breaking the previous record held by Dushanbe Flagpole in Tajikistan, which is 165 metres tall. Previous record holders included the 162-metre National Flagpole in Azerbaijan, the 160-metre Panmunjeom Flagpole of Kijŏng-dong in North Korea, and the 133-metre Ashgabat Flagpole in Turkmenistan. The flag weighs 570 kilograms and is 49.5 metres long and 33 metres wide.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeddah_Flagpole
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Coordinates:   21°30'28"N   39°10'10"E
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