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This is a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height. The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr in Algiers, Algeria which stands at 265 metres (870 ft).
The mosque also has a 265 m (869 ft) tall minaret, the tallest in the world, which due to containing office space also meets the definition of a building, and was the tallest building in Africa until overtaken in 2024 by the Iconic Tower in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. [18]
Built by a Chinese construction firm throughout the 2010s, the Great Mosque of Algiers features the world's tallest minaret, measuring at 869 feet (265 meters).
Algeria: Algiers 265 metres 2019 2 Hassan II Mosque [1] Morocco: Casablanca: 210 metres: 1993: 3 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque [2] Malaysia: Shah Alam: 142.3 metres: 1988: 106.7 metres high dome 4 Great Mosque of Mecca [3] Saudi Arabia: Mecca: 139 metres: 1570: 5 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran [4] Iran: Tehran: 136 metres: 2006 ...
Algeria Kenadsa longwave ... (689 ft), the second tallest minaret in the world; Maroc Telecom HQ, Rabat, 139 m (456 ft) ... former tallest building in Africa, 223 m ...
This list of tallest structures in Africa ranks man-made structures in Africa that stand at least 150 m (490 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. List is containing only completed structures, including demolished or destroyed structures.
[4]: 273 This minaret's surface is indented with rectangular niches decorated by polylobed blind arches, as well as with panels and bands of blue and white ceramic tiles. In another part of the mosque, in the north-east corner, is the Bab al-Jenina which, along with the minaret, is meant for the exclusive use of the imam of the mosque. It has ...
Minaret(s) 1 Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] also rendered Djamaa al-Djedid , [ 2 ] or Jamaa El Jedid (meaning New Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers , the capital of Algeria . [ 4 ]