BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 8. The three-colored flag of Azerbaijan, raised today at the State Flag Square, has officially entered the Guinness World Records for its size, the official representative of the Baku Boulevard Administration Afsana Mehdiyeva told Trend.
Mehdiyeva said that the record follows an earlier achievement based on the height of the flagpole before the Square was closed for renovation.
"The new certification now pertains to the size of the flag displayed at the Square. The inclusion of our flag in the Guinness World Records has been officially confirmed," she added.
To note, the flag weighs over 500 kilograms, with a width of 36 meters and a length of 72 meters, making it one of the largest flags in the world.