AMMAN — The
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has set its sights on breaking a Guinness world
record by raising the world’s longest flag, marking the occasion of Jordan’s
centenary.
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The flag will be 2,132m long and 6m wide for a total area of 12,792sqm, according to
privy sources at GAM.
The sources said that
Guinness has been contacted and that a private company has recorded the flag’s
measurements, and backed GAM’s request with the relevant supporting documents.
“The number 2,132 has
strong symbolic ties to the centenary. The numbers 3 and 2 denote the arrival
of King Abdullah I to Marka in 1921, whereas the numbers 1 and 2 refer to the
end of the Kingdom’s first centenary and its entry into the second one under
His Majesty King Abdullah’s reign,” the sources explained.
The flag will be
hoisted on April 16 in the Munther Al-Masri Street in Amman’s Abdoun Valley
area, the sources noted.
In commemoration of
the centenary, GAM personnel have hung around 30,000 flags across various main
roads and alleys in the 22 areas within the municipality’s jurisdiction, in
addition to 15,000 metal plaques bearing the Jordanian flag, which have been
installed in squares, at intersections and on lampposts.
The municipality has
also hoisted 700 flags at intersections, along roads and in public squares.
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