Top 6 Highest Flagpoles in the World
Here’s a list of top 6 most highest flagpoles in the world. A flagpole can be a simple support made of wood or metal. The pole is usually topped by a flat plate or ball called a “truck”. It originally meant to keep a wooden pole from splitting or a finial in a more complex shape.
1. Brazil flagpole – 100 m
The flagpole in Brazil has a height 100 meters, actually the information is less clear yet but there own statement of the person Brazil that the flagpole is the highest in the world, so it still include of the height of this flagpole, reaching 100 meters.
Brazil Flagpole
2. Independent Square Flagpole (Malaysia) – 100 m
This Flagpole has a height of 100 meters, and placed on the Independent Plain or Independent Square which is also called a blessing that is the location to commemorate Malaysia’s independence day, this place is the most appropriate destination to disclose the history of Malaysia.
Malaysia Flagpole
3. Union Arab Emirate Flagpole (UAE) – 123 m
The flagpole in the UAE stands in 123 meters tall and 403.5 feet. The flagpole is located in the city of Abu Dhabi, and can be seen directly from the Arab gulf offshore as far as 60km.
Uni Emirat Arab Flagpole
4. Raghadan Flagpole, Jordan – 126.8 m
The king Abdullah II made the most tallest flagpole in the Middle East as high as 126.8 meters and 416 feet to commemorate the independence day at Raghadan Palace.
Raghadan Flagpole
5. Ashgabat Flagpole, Turkmenistan – 133 m
The flagpole was crowned as the highest flagpole in the world in this time of the version of the Guinness Book of World Records. The high of the flagpole is about 133-meter, and located in front of the Presidency of Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat Flagpole
6. Panmunjeom flagpole, North Korean – 160 m
The Panmunjeom flagpoles is the highest in the world, as tall as 160 meters in Kijong-dong, North Korea, two sides of Korea, North and South Korea in a war flag “flagpole war”, where competing with one another to establish a flagpole and highest flagpole in its borders, to show the most severe, finally leaving the North Korean side to win this war flag, with a 160-meter-high poles and flags to be flown above weighing 270kg.
Panmunjeon Flagpole
From the list of the highest flagpoles above, do you ever been seen one of these flagpoles?
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