Dushanbe Flagpole
{{Short description|Flagpole in Tajikistan; tallest in the world from 2011 to 2014}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Dushanbe Flagpole
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image = Flag TJ Bagh-i Rudaki.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| former_names =
| highest_prev = National Flagpole
| highest_next = Jeddah Flagpole
| highest_start = 2011
| highest_end = 2014
| location = Dushanbe, Tajikistan
| height = {{Convert|165|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
}}
The Dushanbe Flagpole ({{langx|ru|Площадь государственного флага|Ploshchadʹ gosudarstvennogo flaga}}; {{langx|tg|Боғи парчами Тоҷикистон|Boghi parchami Tojikiston}}) is a free–standing flagpole located in front of the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. At {{Convert|165|m|ft|0|abbr=off}},{{cite web|url=http://news.tj/ru/news/v-dushanbe-na-samom-vysokom-flagshtoke-v-mire-podnyat-flag-foto|title=Wer baut den hoechsten Fahnenmast|date=9 September 2008|publisher=Asia Plus|accessdate=14 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404114645/https://news.tj/ru/news/v-dushanbe-na-samom-vysokom-flagshtoke-v-mire-podnyat-flag-foto|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=dead}} it was the tallest flagpole in the world from its completion in 2011 until the 2014 erection of the {{cvt|171|m}} Jeddah Flagpole.{{cite web|title=Tallest Unsupported Flagpole|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-unsupported-flagpole |publisher=Guinness World Records |accessdate=8 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=Tallest unsupported flagpole |date=24 May 2011 |accessdate=14 December 2011 |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/tallest-unsupported-flagpole |publisher=Guinness World Records}} It is now the fifth tallest flagpole in the world. It flies a {{convert|30|x|60|m|ft|abbr=on}} Flag of Tajikistan weighing {{Convert|700|kg|lb|-1|abbr=off}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tajikistan-flagpole-idUSTRE77U12120110831|title=Tajikistan shows off world's tallest flagpole|date=August 31, 2011|work=Reuters|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
Construction
The flagpole consists of 12-metre sections of steel tube fitted together by crane.{{cite news |title=Tajikistan aims to capture tallest flagpole record |date=24 November 2010 |accessdate=14 December 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/24/tajikistan-tallest-flagpole-record |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Tom |last=Parfitt}}
The design phase for the flagpole began in July 2009. Fabrication of the pole's sections was completed in Dubai in October 2010. The sections were then shipped to Dushanbe, where construction of the flagpole began on November 24, 2010, Tajikistan's National Flag Day.{{cite web |title=Dushanbe's flagpole enters Guinness Book of Records |date=1 September 2011|accessdate=14 December 2011 |url=http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/tajikistan/1924985.html}} The final assembly and erection took place during April and May 2011, with the first test flight of the flag of Tajikistan taking place on May 24, 2011.{{cite web |title=Our Projects: Dushanbe, Tajikistan - 165 Meters Tall |accessdate=14 December 2011 |url=http://www.trident-support.com/projects_in.php?view=6 |publisher=Trident Support |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211080734/http://www.trident-support.com/projects_in.php?view=6 |archivedate=11 December 2011 }}
The flagpole cost $3.5 million and was part of $210 million worth of projects celebrating the 20th anniversary of Tajik independence.{{cite web |title=Tajiks splash out $210 million on independence pomp |date=9 September 2011 |accessdate=14 December 2011 |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/20726/Business/Economy/Tajiks-splash-out--million-on-independence-pomp.aspx}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113020548/http://www.trident-support.com/projects_in.php?view=5F/ Trident Support's page on the flagpole]
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{{succession box
| before = First Baku Flagpole
| title = World's tallest flagpole
| years = May 2011 - September 2014
| after = Jeddah Flagpole|
}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Dushanbe
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2011