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Cairo Flagpole: New Administrative Capital, Cairo Egypt: 201.952 m (662.57 ft) [1] 26 December 2021 Free–standing 2 National Flag Square Flagpole 2 (2024-now) Neftchiler Avenue, Bayil, Baku Azerbaijan: 191 m (626.64 ft) [2] 2 August 2024
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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 flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.
The main feature of these monuments (though not the biggest, see below) is a giant Mexican flag flying off a 50-meter-high (160-ft) flagpole. The size of the flag was 14.3 by 25 metres (47 by 82 ft) and it was flown on a pole that measured 50 metres (160 ft) high.
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 fifth 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]
The Cairo Flagpole is the world's tallest flagpole, at 201.952 m (662 ft 7 in) tall. Located in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt, it was erected on the 26 December, 2021. [1] The flagpole was constructed by the Gharably Integrated Engineering Company in Egypt. [1] It weighs 1,040 tons and flies a 60 x 40 m (197 x 131 ft) flag. [2]