DUSHANBE, August 26, 2011, Asia-Plus – An official opening of a sign showing the national emblem of Tajikistan took place near the newly built Palace of Nation in downtown Dushanbe yesterday evening.

President Emomali Rahmon and other high-ranking Tajik state officials attended the ceremony of opening of the sign installed on a 45-meter pedestal.  Construction of the sign commenced in November last year.

We will recall that a new flagpole erected in Dushanbe in May looks set to enter the Guinness Book of Records.   On May 24, residents of the Tajik capital were witnesses of the national flag of Tajikistan rising to the top of a 165-meter flagpole.  It was a test flag hoisting, while the flagpole will officially hoist the country’s three-color flag, measuring 60 meters by 30 meters, at the end of this month.

Construction of the flagpole began on November 24, 2010, Tajikistan’s National Flag Day.  The Dushanbe Flagpole is considered to be the tallest flagpole in the world, beating the formerly record holding the National Flagpole in Azerbaijan (162 meters).

The flagpole has been designed and installed by Trident Support, Corporation.

Founded in 1999 as a California Corporation, Trident Support Corp. is headquartered in San Diego, California.  Its unique specialty is the design, fabrication, and installation of Monumental Flagpoles.