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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]
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 ...
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).
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 ]
The minaret of this mosque was 60 arms high, with a square base measuring 20 arms, which makes he minaret 56 metres tall with a 18 metres wide. This minaret had two doors, one on the east side and the other on the south side, with the doors of the minaret and their columns and their shafts made of engraved marble.
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.
The Hammadid mosque is said to have been the largest mosque constructed in North Africa prior to the twentieth century and it features the typical Maghreb style square minaret. [ 16 ] [ additional citation(s) needed ] In Qal'at Beni Hammad, the minaret , 82 feet (25 m) in height, is the only remaining part of the ruined Great Mosque; the ...