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{{Dynamic list}}
This '''list of flagpoles by height''' includes completed flagpoles which are either free–standing or supported, excluding the height of any [[pedestal]] (plinth), [[building]], or other [[Platform mound|base platform]] which may elevate them. Due to the list's incomplete nature, flagpoles shorter than {{Convert|120|m|ft|abbr=on}} are not ranked.
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background-color:#dfd" align="center" |'''bold'''
|Denotes flagpole that is or was once the tallest in the world
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! data-sort-type="number" |Rank
!Flagpole
! class="unsortable" |Image
!Location
!Country
!Height
meters (feet)
!Completed
!Type
!Coordinates
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|1
|'''''Unnamed'''''
|
|[[New Administrative Capital]], [[Cairo]]
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Convert|201.952|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tallest flagpole|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-unsupported-flagpole|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-gb}}</ref>
|26 December 2021
|Free–standing
|
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|2
|'''''[[Jeddah Flagpole]]'''''
|[[File:Jeddah_Fahne.JPG|113x113px]]
|King Abdullah Square, [[Jeddah]]
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{cvt|171|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref name="guiness records">{{cite web|title=Tallest Unsupported Flagpole|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-unsupported-flagpole|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217162416/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-unsupported-flagpole|archive-date=2021-12-17|publisher=Guinness World Records|accessdate=2018-03-09}}</ref>
|23 September 2014
|Free–standing
|{{coord|21|30|27.23|N|39|10|11.03|E|region:SA_type:landmark|name=Jeddah Flagpole}}
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|3
|'''''[[Dushanbe Flagpole]]'''''
|[[File:Flagshtoktj.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Dushanbe]]
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{cvt|165|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web|date=24 May 2011|title=Tallest unsupported flagpole|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/tallest-unsupported-flagpole|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130181553/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/tallest-unsupported-flagpole|archive-date=30 December 2011|publisher=Guinness World Records|accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref>
|24 May 2011
|Free–standing
|{{coord|38|34|44.4|N|68|46|48.36|E|region:TJ_type:landmark|name=Dushanbe Flagpole}}
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|4
|'''''[[National Flag Square|National Flag Square Flagpole]]'''''
|[[File:Флаг_Азербайджана1664.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Neftchiler Avenue]], [[Bayil]], [[Baku]]
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{cvt|162|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Abbasov|first=Rafael|date=29 May 2010|title=Tallest unsupported flagpole|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Tallest-unsupported-flagpole/49757.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219135443/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Tallest-unsupported-flagpole/49757.htm|archive-date=19 December 2015|access-date=29 May 2010|publisher=Guinness World Record}}</ref>
|1 September 2010
|Free–standing
|{{coord|40|20|39.47|N|49|50|41.64|E|region:AZ_type:landmark|name=National Flag Square}}
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|5
|'''''[[Kijong-dong#Flagpole|Panmunjom Flagpole]]'''''
|[[File:Gijeong-ri_Flag.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Kijong-dong]]
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{cvt|160|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Potts|first=Rolf|date=3 February 1999|title=Korea's No-Man's-Land|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/02/03/feature_115/|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|accessdate=25 September 2021}}</ref>
|1980s<ref>{{Cite news |title=Panmunjom: The eerie village where North and South Korean soldiers stare at each other all day |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/panmunjom-the-eerie-village-where-north-and-south-korean-soldiers-stare-at-each-other-all-day}}</ref>
|Supported
|{{coord|37|56|42.99|N|126|39|18.78|E|region:NK_type:landmark|name=Panmunjom flagpole}}
|-
|6
|''[[Holy Defence Garden Museum Flagpole]]''
|
|[[Tehran]]
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{cvt|150|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web|date=|url=https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=15081|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229154558/|access-date=23 September 2012|website=|archivedate=29 December 2019}}</ref>
|21 September 2012
|Free–standing
|{{coord|35|45|07.7|N|51|25|23.7|E|region:TM_type:landmark|name=Ashgabat Flagpole}}
|-

|7
|''[[Ashgabat Flagpole]]''
|[[File:Ashgabat-Flagpole-2015.JPG|113x113px]]
|[[Ashgabat]]
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{cvt|133|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Emporis– Ashgabat flagpole|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1217965/ashgabat-flagpole-ashkabad-turkmenistan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229154558/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1217965/ashgabat-flagpole-ashkabad-turkmenistan|archive-date=29 April 2019|access-date=15 April 2021|website=Emporis}}</ref>
|29 June 2008
|Free–standing
|{{coord|37|53|13.2|N|58|21|1.8|E|region:TM_type:landmark|name=Ashgabat Flagpole}}
|-
|8
|''[[Aqaba Flagpole]]''
|[[File:Aqaba.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Aqaba]]
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{cvt|130|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Aqaba Flagpole info on the website of Trident Support Corporation|url=http://www.trident-support.com/About.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127073743/http://www.trident-support.com/About.htm|archive-date=27 January 2011|publisher=}}</ref>
|3 October 2004
|Free–standing
|{{coord|29|31|18.12|N|35|0|4|E|region:JO_type:landmark|name=Aqaba Flagpole}}
|-
|9
|''[[Raghadan Flagpole]]''
|[[File:World's_biggest_flagpolejordanamman.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Amman]]
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|{{cvt|126.8|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref name="BBCJordan">{{cite web|date=10 June 2003|title=Jordan flagpole hits new heights|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2979812.stm|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=27 April 2010}}</ref>
|10 June 2003
|Free–standing
|{{coord|31|58|8.15|N|35|56|8.18|E|region:JO_type:landmark|name=Raghadan Flagpole}}
|-
|10
|''[[Abu Dhabi Flagpole]]''
|[[File:Abu_Dhabhi_Corniche_Flag_post.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Abu Dhabi]]
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{cvt|122|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref name="BBCJordan"></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/1676761.stm|title=Abu Dhabi claims world's tallest flagpole|publisher=BBC News|date=26 November 2001|accessdate=27 April 2010}}</ref>
|2 December 2001
|Free–standing
|{{coord|24|28|39.78|N|54|19|55.6|E|region:JO_type:landmark|name=UAE Flag}}
|-
|11
|''[[Wagah flag|Wagah Flagpole]]''
|
|[[Wagah]]
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{cvt|122|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rana |first=Yudhvir |date=7 July 2017 |title=Now Pakistan to Hoist its Tallest Flag at Wagah |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/now-pakistan-to-hoist-its-tallest-flag-at-wagah/articleshow/59483909.cms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The World's Tallest Flagpoles |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-tallest-flagpoles.html |website=World Atlas}}</ref>
|2017
|Free–standing
|
|-
|12
|''[[Acuity Insurance#Flagpoles|Acuity Flagpole]]''
|[[File:Acuity Insurance Flag.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]], [[Wisconsin]]
|{{flag|United States of America}}
|{{cvt|120|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140525/SHE0101/305250197/High-flying-Up-time-Memorial-Day-Acuity-flag-world-s-tallest|title=High-flying: Up in time for Memorial Day, Acuity flag is world's tallest|last=Weyandt|first=Janet|date=25 May 2014|work=[[The Sheboygan Press]]|access-date=26 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403170745/http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140525/SHE0101/305250197/High-flying-Up-time-Memorial-Day-Acuity-flag-world-s-tallest|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref>
|24 May 2014
|Free–standing
|{{coord|43|43|47.16|N|87|45|23.56|W|region:JO_type:landmark|name=Acuity Flapole, America's Tallest}}
|-
|
|''[[Belgaum Flagpole]]''
|
|[[Belgaum]]
|{{flag|India}}
|{{cvt|110|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Karnataka's Belgaum‬ is now home to India's tallest flag |work=Times Now News |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/tallest-flag-in-india-attari-border-indian-national-flag-belgaum-ramesh-jarkiholi-largest-biggest-flagpole-flag-hoisting-rules-and-regulation/206890}}</ref>
|12 March 2018
|Free–standing
|
|-
|
|''[[Merdeka Square Flagpole]]''
|[[File:Bendera Malaysia.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur]]
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{cvt|95|m|ft|sortable=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Emporis– Merdeka Square Flagpole|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/105757/merdeka-square-flagpole-kuala-lumpur-malaysia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306112634/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/105757/merdeka-square-flagpole-kuala-lumpur-malaysia|archive-date=6 March 2022|access-date=6 March 2022|website=Emporis}}</ref>
|
|Free–standing
|{{coord|3|18|51.36|N|101|41|36.924|E|region:MY_type:landmark|name=Merdeka Square Flagpole}}
|
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of tallest bridges]]
* [[List of tallest buildings]]
* [[List of tallest structures]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|35em}}

{{TBSW}}
{{Structural extremes}}

[[Category:Lists of tallest structures|Flagpoles]]
[[Category:Tourism-related lists of superlatives|Flagpoles]]

List of flagpoles by height - Revision history

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