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===Record heights===
[[File:Flagpole, Kew Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 227188.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The former flagpole in Kew Gardens, taken shortly before its removal in 2007]]

Since 26 December 2021, the [[List of flagpoles by height|tallest free-standing flagpole]] in the world is the Cairo Flagpole, located in the [[New Administrative Capital]] under construction in [[Egypt]] at a height of {{convert|201.952|m|ft|abbr=on}}, exceeding the former record holders, the [[Jeddah Flagpole]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] (height: {{convert|171|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}), the [[Dushanbe Flagpole]] in [[Tajikistan]]<ref name="Jeddah Flagpole">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/634401 |title= Jeddah Flagpole inaugurated|publisher=arabnews.com |access-date=2014-09-23}}</ref><ref>Former record: {{cite web |title=Wer baut den hoechsten Fahnenmast |date=September 9, 2008 |url=http://news.tj/ru/news/v-dushanbe-na-samom-vysokom-flagshtoke-v-mire-podnyat-flag-foto |publisher=Asia Plus |access-date=May 24, 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=April 4, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (height: {{convert|165|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) and the [[National Flag Square|National Flagpole]] in [[Azerbaijan]] (height: {{convert|162|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Flag of Azerbaijan |date=July 3, 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tajikistan/8157189/Tajikistan-takes-flag-pole-war-to-new-heights.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tajikistan/8157189/Tajikistan-takes-flag-pole-war-to-new-heights.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The flagpole in North Korea is the fourth tallest flagpole in the world, however, it is not free-standing. It is a radio tower supported flagpole. Many of these were built by American company Trident Support: the Dushanbe Flagpole, the National Flagpole in Azerbaijan, the [[Ashgabat Flagpole|Ashgabat flagpole]] in Turkmenistan at {{convert|133|m|ft|abbr=on}}; the [[Aqaba Flagpole]] in Jordan at {{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}}; the [[Raghadan Flagpole]] in Jordan at {{convert|126.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}; and the Abu Dhabi Flagpole in the United Arab Emirates at {{convert|122|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|date=2017-09-05|title=Looking for Afghanistan? Turn Left at the Enormous Flagpole|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2017-09-looking-afghanistan-turn-left-enormous-flagpole/?sf111671937=1#!|website=National Geographic}}</ref>

The current tallest flagpole in India (and the tallest flying the tricolour) is the {{convert|110|m|ft|adj=on}} flagpole in [[Belgaum]], Karnataka which was first hoisted on 12 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karnataka's Belgaum is now home to India's tallest flag |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/tallest-flag-in-india-attari-border-indian-national-flag-belgaum-ramesh-jarkiholi-largest-biggest-flagpole-flag-hoisting-rules-and-regulation/206890 |website=Times Now News |date=13 March 2018 |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=Mar 12, 2018|title=Tallest flag in India: Country's tallest tricolour to be hoisted in Belagavi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/countrys-tallest-tricolour-to-be-hoisted-in-belagavi/articleshow/63249848.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=6 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The tallest flagpole in the United Kingdom from 1959 until 2013 stood in [[Kew Gardens]]. It was made from a Canadian Douglas-fir tree and was {{convert|68.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height.<ref>{{cite web| title=Timber! Steeplejacks to dismantle Kew Flagpole|url=http://www.kew.org/press/flagpole.html| publisher=Kew.org| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817234628/http://www.kew.org/press/flagpole.html| archive-date=2016-08-17}}</ref>

The current tallest flagpole in the United States (and the tallest flying an American flag) is the {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=on}} pole completed before [[Memorial Day]] 2014 and custom-made with an {{convert|11|ft|m|adj=on}} base in concrete by [[wind turbine]] manufacturer Broadwind Energy. It is situated on the north side of the [[Acuity Insurance]] headquarters campus along [[Interstate 43]] in [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin]], and is visible from [[Cedar Grove, Wisconsin|Cedar Grove]]. The pole can fly a 220-pound flag in light wind conditions and a heavier 350-pound flag in higher wind conditions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140525/SHE0101/305250197/High-flying-Up-time-Memorial-Day-Acuity-flag-world-s-tallest|title=High-flying: Up in time for Memorial Day, Acuity flag is world's tallest|last=Weyandt|first=Janet|date=25 May 2014|work=[[The Sheboygan Press]]|access-date=26 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403170745/http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140525/SHE0101/305250197/High-flying-Up-time-Memorial-Day-Acuity-flag-world-s-tallest|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref>