Aqaba Flagpole

{{Short description|Flagpole in Jordan}}

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The Aqaba Flagpole in Aqaba, Jordan is a {{convert|130|m|ft}} tall flagpole. This height makes it the ninth tallest free–standing and tenth tallest flagpole in the world.[http://www.trident-support.com/About.htm - Aqaba Flagpole info on the website of Trident Support Corp.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127073743/http://www.trident-support.com/About.htm |date=January 27, 2011 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080807/NATIONAL/994160089/1018 |title=Dubai wants tallest flagpole |access-date=2009-11-12 |archive-date=2010-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206183711/http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080807/NATIONAL/994160089/1018 |url-status=dead }} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206183711/http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080807/NATIONAL/994160089/1018 |date=February 6, 2010 }} It was the tallest free–standing flagpole in the world until being surpassed by the {{convert|133|m|ft}} tall Ashgabat Flagpole in 2008. It carries the flag of the Arab Revolt commemorating the Battle of Aqaba that took place in 1917. The flagpole can be seen from Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. The flagpole was built in 2004 and opened on 3 October 2004.{{cite web |title=جلالته يفتتح بوابة العقبة ويشاهد رفع علم الثورة العربية ويتفقد مشروع فندق انتركونتيننتال - صحيفة الرأي |url=http://www.alrai.com/article/72972.html |website=www.alrai.com}}