America’s Tallest Flagpole is 200 feet tall, and situated in Dorris City Park in Texas. Everything is large in Texas! It was the local Lions Club undertaking to instill pride and group volunteerism. On special occasions they fly 60 feet by one hundred twenty feet Nylon American flags.

To even the least technically minded student it somewhat is sensible that very tall flagpoles require a more complicated support structure than small 10 ft residential flagpoles. Sometimes an aluminum flagpole will not meet the stress requirements because of wind loads, and therefore a “flag tower” has to be built.

Some years ago the North Koreans built such a tower in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in North Korea. This flagpole reached a height of 525 ft and has flown a  North Korean flag weighing 300 kilos.

During a battle for the sky between the Koreas, the South Koreans initially added 330 ft to their flagpole flying a 330 pound flag, thus “teasing” the North Koreans. The North Koreans had been quick to reply by countering this transfer by building a flag tower that just about reaches into space.

Interestingly, the 600 lbs (dry-weight) heavy North Korean flag is immediately taken down during rains, as the weight of the flag increases dramatically, thus increasing momentum (because the flags whips around on the peak of the flag tower), thus growing the stress on the flag tower significantly.

Nevertheless, the claim made by reportedly the tallest tallest flagpole on this planet located in Kijong-dong has not been accepted (especially by opponents) unanimously. Looking at flagpoles specifically, the tallest flagpole on the planet is the Ashgabat flagpole in Turkmenistan.

The Ashgabat pole reaches up to about 436 feet in height and is king over the previously record holding Aqaba flagpole in Jordan, which is 433 feet in height. Because of its location, the Aqaba flagpole could be seen from neighboring countries.

Doubt close to which flagpole shall be considered the tallest flagpole on this planet will fade away as 530+ ft flagpole in Azerbaijan is under construction. The Country Flag Sq. is close to reaching its final height and status of being the tallest flagpole in the world very soon. What’s next in the world of flagpoles?