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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]
R. Name Height m (ft) Floors Year City Image Notes 1 Galaxie Oran Tower: 118 metres (387 ft) 30 2019 Oran: 2 Odéon Tower: 106 metres (348 ft) 28 2019
Structure Year built Structural type Region Pinnacle height (m) Pinnacle height (ft) Remarks Kenadsa longwave transmitter? Guyed mast: Kenadsa: 357 m: 1171 ft
[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 ...
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 ...
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] It is dated to 1660/1070 AH by an inscription over its main entrance portal.
Algeria: Algiers: 2019 Djamaa el Djazaïr, also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers, is the second largest mosque in Africa and one of the largest in the world, and houses the world's largest minaret. [4] [5] Hamoudi Mosque Djibouti: City of Djibouti: 1906 Korijib Masjid Djibouti: Tadjoura: 630–640 Possibly the oldest mosque in Djibouti.