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Large city square in Baku, Azerbaijan
The
National Flag Square
(
Azerbaijani
:
Dovl?t Bayra?ı Meydanı
) is a large
city square
off
Neftchiler Avenue
in
Bayil
,
Baku
, Azerbaijan. The National Flag Square covers 60 hectares (150 acres) overall. The area of the upper part
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is 3 hectares (7.4 acres). The square features
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the state symbols of Azerbaijan?the
coat of arms
and the
anthem
?and a map of the country.
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History
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The President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev
laid the foundation stone for the National Flag Square near the naval base in Baku's
Bayil
settlement on 30 December 2007.
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The project was developed by the US firm Trident Support and executed by Azerbaijan's Azenko company.
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The National Flag Square was opened on 1 September 2010; president Aliyev attended the inauguration and raised the flag.
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Baku Boulevard
was extended to the National Flag Square and the
Baku Crystal Hall
for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
.
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A
flag
measuring 35 by 70 metres (115 by 230 feet) flew on a free?standing flagpole in the square, 162 m (531 ft) high. The flagpole was confirmed as the world's tallest flagpole by the
Guinness Book of Records
upon its inauguration on 9 November 2010, but was soon overtaken by the 165-metre
Dushanbe Flagpole
in Tajikistan on 24 May 2011.
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The flagpole in the square was the
third tallest flagpole
in the world.
In 2021, Turkey's “Cimta?” company started making a new flagpole for Azerbaijan. The total height of the world's highest flagpole platform to be installed in Baku will be 191 meters. The mast will consist of 9 steel conical tube segments ranging from 5.7 m to 2 m in diameter, weighing between 230 tons and 13 tons, and a rotating segment that will be placed at the top.
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Gallery
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The national flag at the square in 2011
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Closer view of the national flag at the square in 2011
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President
Ilham Aliyev
visiting the square in 2013
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The closed square and dismounted flagpole in 2017
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World's tallest flagpole
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