Where is the highest flagpole in the world?

Jeddah flagpole in King Abdullah square, Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia is the highest tall flagpole in the world today according to Guinness World Records organization.

Jeddah flagpole - the highest flagpole in the world

This work started in early September 2014, the idea of Jeddah flagpole belongs to Cadastre company Abdul Latif Jameel and Al-Babtain Electronics - Telecommunications. After the official opening on September 23, 2014, Jeddah flagpole broke the record of Dushanbe flagpole in Tajikistan (165m) with its height of 170m. The weight of up to 500 tons, even the flag used on Jeddah flagpole also has a "massive" mass of up to 570 kg and has a size of 49.5m x 33m.

Jeddah flag on a picture with a helicopter.

Although the Jeddah flag itself is a carefully designed and constructed work, there are unintended accidents that happen to it. Typically, a sandstorm occurred on November 14, 2014 that broke the flag hold and caused this giant flag to fall straight to the ground, fortunately, no one was injured in this humorous accident.

Highest flagpole in the world .

Saudi Arabia became the fifth country to possess the title of "the world's tallest flagpole", which previously had four other names: North Korea, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.