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The Flagpole of Freedom was projected to be the tallest flagpole in the world, surpassing, by seven feet, [5] the height of the Empire State Building. Plans called for the pole to fly "the largest American flag in the world at over 74,048 square feet — the equivalent area of almost 1 1/2 football fields."
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Flagpole Image Location Country Flag (If different from national flag) Height meters (feet) Completed Type Coordinates 1 Cairo Flagpole: New Administrative Capital, Cairo Egypt: 201.952 m (662.57 ft) [1] 26 December 2021 Free–standing
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English: Flagpole, Kew Gardens. The flagpole is 225 feet high and is the tallest wooden flagpole in the world. There has been a flagpole on this site since 1861. This one was given in 1959 by British Columbia; it is a Douglas fir grown on Vancouver Island. (Update: Shortly after this photograph was taken, in 2007, the flagpole was taken down).
The current tallest flagpole in India is the 110-metre (360 ft) flagpole in Belgaum, Karnataka which was first hoisted on 12 March 2018. [9] [10] The tallest flagpole in the United Kingdom from 1959 until 2007 stood in Kew Gardens. It was made from a Canadian Douglas-fir tree and was 68.5 m (225 ft) in height. [11]
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The Panmunjom flagpole, the world's seventh-tallest, 160 m (525 ft) in height, flying a 270 kg (595 lb) flag of North Korea over Kijŏng-dong, near Panmunjom. View of Kijŏng-dong The North Korean government says the village contains a 200-family collective farm , serviced by a child care center, kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, and ...