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This is a list of the longest[clarification needed] multiple-segment buildings and walls (excluding those not intended for human occupancy) in the world.

## World

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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes

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1. | Great Wall of China | Fortification | From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty | 21,196,000  | 69,541,000 | -- | China | 40°40′37″N 117°13′55″E﻿ / ﻿40.67693°N 117.23193°E﻿ / 40.67693; 117.23193 |
2. | Walls of Benin | Fortification | 1450-1500 | 16,015,000  | 52,543,000 | Benin City | Nigeria | 6°20′00″N 5°37′20″E﻿ / ﻿6.33333°N 5.62222°E﻿ / 6.33333; 5.62222 |
3. | Great Wall of Gorgan | Fortification | 224 to 651 AD | 195,000  | 640,000 | -- | Iran |  | [1]
4. | Kumbhalgarh | Fortification | 15th century | 36,000  | 118,000 | -- | India |  | [2]
5. | Ranikot Fort | Fortification | 17th century | 26,000  | 85,000 | -- | Pakistan |  | [3]
6. | Diyarbakır Wall | Fortification | 337 | 6,000  | 20,000 | Diyarbakır | Turkey |  |
7. | Walls of Ston | Fortification | 1461 | 5,500  | 18,000 | Ston | Croatia |  |
8. | Prora | Hotel | 1936–1939 | 4,500  | 14,800 | Binz | Germany | 54°26′12″N 13°34′37″E﻿ / ﻿54.43667°N 13.57694°E﻿ / 54.43667; 13.57694 | Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m
9. |  LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) | Research Facility | 1994-1999 | 4,000  | 13,000 | Livingston, Louisiana Hanford, Washington | United States |  | Length of each arm.[4]
10. | Government Complex, Sejong | Government building | 2008–2014 | 3,500  | 11,500 | Sejong City | South Korea | 36°30′15″N 127°15′50″E﻿ / ﻿36.50417°N 127.26389°E﻿ / 36.50417; 127.26389 | Six buildings interrupted by roads; none longer than 300m [5]
11. | Klystron gallery above the Stanford Linear Accelerator | Research facility | 1962-1966 | 3,073.72  | 10,084.4 | Menlo Park, California | United States | 37°24′53″N 122°13′18″W﻿ / ﻿37.41472°N 122.22167°W﻿ / 37.41472; -122.22167 | [6]
12. | Fenestrelle Fort | Fortification | 1728–1850 | 3,000+  | 9,800 | Fenestrelle | Italy | 45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E﻿ / ﻿45.02972°N 7.06056°E﻿ / 45.02972; 7.06056 |
13. | Three Gorges Dam | Dam | 1994–2008 | 2,335  | 7,661 |  | China |  | [7]
14. | Modlin Fortress | Barracks | 1832-1862 | 2,250  | 7,380 |  | Poland | 52°26′14″N 20°40′52″E﻿ / ﻿52.43722°N 20.68111°E﻿ / 52.43722; 20.68111 | Two buildings, the longest 1330m
15. | Moscow Kremlin Wall | Fortification | 1485-1495 | 2,235  | 7,333 | Moscow | Russia | 55°45′06″N 37°37′04″E﻿ / ﻿55.751667°N 37.617778°E﻿ / 55.751667; 37.617778 |
16. | Dubai International Airport Cargo Gateway | Airport terminal | 2008 | 1,774  | 5,820 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 25°15′00″N 55°21′32″E﻿ / ﻿25.24991°N 55.35893°E﻿ / 25.24991; 55.35893 | [8]
17. | Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,750  | 5,740 | Lutsk | Ukraine | 50°45′40″N 25°22′07″E﻿ / ﻿50.761219°N 25.368719°E﻿ / 50.761219; 25.368719 | A single, connected building 1750m long
18. | Kansai International Airport | Airport terminal | 1991-1994 | 1,700  | 5,600 | Osaka | Japan |  |
19. | Red Dog Mine Conveyer Enclosure. | Zinc mine conveyer enclosure | 1991 | 1,700  | 5,600 | Alaska | United States |  | [9]
20. | McNamara Terminal Concourse A
at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Airport terminal | 2002 | 1,600  | 5,200 | Detroit, Michigan | United States |

## Africa

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1. | Walls of Benin | Fortification | 1450-1500 | 16,015,000  | 52,543,000 | Benin City | Nigeria | 6°20′00″N 5°37′20″E﻿ / ﻿6.33333°N 5.62222°E﻿ / 6.33333; 5.62222 |

## Asia

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1. | Great Wall of China | Fortification | From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty | 8,851,800  | 29,041,300  | China |  | --
2. | Kumbhalgarh | Fortification | 15th century | 36,000  | 118,000  | India |  | --
3. | Ranikot Fort | Fortification | 17th century | 26,000  | 85,000  | Pakistan |  |
4\.  | Diyarbakır Wall | Fortification | 337 | 6,000  | 20,000  | Turkey  |  | Diyarbakır |
5. | Kansai International Airport | Airport terminal | 1991-1994 | 1,700  | 5,600  | Japan |  | Osaka

## Europe

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1. | Walls of Ston | Fortification | 1461 | 5,500  | 18,000 | Ston | Croatia |  |
2. | Prora | Hotel | 1936–1939 | 4,500  | 14,800 | Binz | Germany | 54°26′12″N 13°34′37″E﻿ / ﻿54.43667°N 13.57694°E﻿ / 54.43667; 13.57694 | Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m
3. | Venetian Walls of Candia | Fortification | 1462-1560 | 4,300  | 14,100 | Heraklion | Greece | 35°19′55″N 25°07′50″E﻿ / ﻿35.331987°N 25.130427°E﻿ / 35.331987; 25.130427 |
4. | Fenestrelle Fort | Fortification | 1728–1850 | 3,000+  | 9,800 | Fenestrelle | Italy | 45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E﻿ / ﻿45.02972°N 7.06056°E﻿ / 45.02972; 7.06056 |
5. | Modlin Fortress | Barracks | 1832-1862 | 2,250  | 7,380 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | Poland | 52°26′14″N 20°40′52″E﻿ / ﻿52.43722°N 20.68111°E﻿ / 52.43722; 20.68111 | Two buildings, the longest 1330m
6. | Moscow Kremlin Wall | Fortification | 1485-1495 | 2,235  | 7,333 | Moscow | Russia | 55°45′06″N 37°37′04″E﻿ / ﻿55.751667°N 37.617778°E﻿ / 55.751667; 37.617778 |
7. | Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,750  | 5,740 | Lutsk | Ukraine | 50°45′40″N 25°22′07″E﻿ / ﻿50.761219°N 25.368719°E﻿ / 50.761219; 25.368719 | A single, connected building 1750m long
8. | St. Kevin's Hospital | Lunatic asylum | 1852 | 1,600  | 5,200 | Cork | Ireland | 51°53′48″N 8°30′26″E﻿ / ﻿51.896753°N 8.507266°E﻿ / 51.896753; 8.507266 |
9. | Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,488  | 4,882 | Murmansk | Russia | 68°55′05″N 33°05′40″E﻿ / ﻿68.918002°N 33.094526°E﻿ / 68.918002; 33.094526 |
10. | Bymuren 1-175 | Residential building | 1972-1974 | 1,475  | 4,839 | Hvidovre | Denmark |  |
11. | Apartment house on Akademika Zabolotnogo st. | Apartment house | 1969-1980 | 1,240  | 4,070 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 50°21′51″N 30°27′48″E﻿ / ﻿50.364066°N 30.463371°E﻿ / 50.364066; 30.463371 |
12. | Terminal 4
at the Madrid-Barajas Airport | Airport terminal | 2006 | 1,175  | 3,855 | Madrid | Spain |  |
13. | Karl Marx-Hof | Residential building | 1927-1930 | 1,100  | 3,600 | Vienna | Austria | 48°15′10″N 16°21′54″E﻿ / ﻿48.25278°N 16.36500°E﻿ / 48.25278; 16.36500 |
14. | "Le Lignon" | Residential building | 1963-1971 | 1,060  | 3,480 | Geneva | Switzerland | 46°12′11″N 6°05′53″E﻿ / ﻿46.20317°N 6.09792°E﻿ / 46.20317; 6.09792 |
15. | "Lange Jammer"
Longest skyscraper in the world
60 m high and 1,000 m long |  | 1968-2010 | 1,000  | 3,300 | Märkisches Viertel | Germany |  |
16. | "Corviale" is the longest with a unique body, and parallelepiped building shape | Residential building | 1972-1982 | 1,000  | 3,300 | Rome | Italy | 41°51′03″N 12°24′42″E﻿ / ﻿41.850959°N 12.411654°E﻿ / 41.850959; 12.411654 |
17. | Potroom
of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium Factory | Potroom |  | 1,000  | 3,300 | Straumsvík | Iceland | 54°08′33″N 13°39′36″E﻿ / ﻿54.142391°N 13.660035°E﻿ / 54.142391; 13.660035 |
18. | Blok 21 apartment complex – (official name B-7) | Apartment house |  | 972.5  | 3,191 | Belgrade | Serbia | 44°48′52″N 20°25′46″E﻿ / ﻿44.814444°N 20.429444°E﻿ / 44.814444; 20.429444 |
19. | Turbine hall
of the Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall |  | 955  | 3,133 | Lubmin | Germany | 54°08′33″N 13°39′36″E﻿ / ﻿54.142391°N 13.660035°E﻿ / 54.142391; 13.660035 |
20. | Falowiec | Residential building | 1970-1973 | 860  | 2,820 | Gdańsk | Poland |  | (satellite photo)
21. | "Chinese wall" (Great Wall of China)
[clarification needed] | Residential building | 1971-1974 | 830  | 2,720 | Dnipro | Ukraine | 48°25′03″N 35°03′40″E﻿ / ﻿48.417367°N 35.061021°E﻿ / 48.417367; 35.061021 |
22. | "Kilometergebäude"
at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base |  |  | 820  | 2,690 | Fürstenfeldbruck | Germany | 48°11′50″N 11°16′32″E﻿ / ﻿48.197118°N 11.275449°E﻿ / 48.197118; 11.275449 |
23. | Turbine hall
of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall |  | 803  | 2,635 | Chernobyl | Ukraine | 51°23′19″N 30°06′23″E﻿ / ﻿51.388749°N 30.106326°E﻿ / 51.388749; 30.106326 |
24. | Serpentin (longest of buildings forming the) at Les Courtillières. Whole structure is over 1.1 km (0.68 mi) long in 3 buildings. Architect: Émile Aillaud. | Residential building | 1955-1956 | 700  | 2,300 | Pantin | France | 48°54′46″N 2°24′39″E﻿ / ﻿48.912643°N 2.410716°E﻿ / 48.912643; 2.410716 |
25. | Karlsborg Fortress | Fortification | 1819-1870 | 678  | 2,224 |  | Sweden |  |

Thermal power stations in the former Soviet Union often also have long buildings. According to Wikimapia the building of Ekibastuz GRES-1 in Kazakhstan is 537 metres (1,762 ft) long, and that of the Luhansk power station north of Shchastia, Ukraine, is 672 metres (2,205 ft) long.

## North America

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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes

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1. | LIGO-Livingston | Observatory | 1994-1999 | 4,000  | 13,000 | Louisiana | United States |  | length relates to each arm[4]
2. | Klystron gallery
above the Stanford Linear Accelerator | Research facility | 1962-1966 | 3,073.72  | 10,084.4 | Menlo Park, California | United States | 37°24′53″N 122°13′18″W﻿ / ﻿37.41472°N 122.22167°W﻿ / 37.41472; -122.22167 | [10]
3. | McNamara Terminal Concourse A
at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Airport terminal | 2002 | 1,600  | 5,200 | Detroit, Michigan | United States |  |
4. | Gurnee Mills | Shopping mall | 1991 | 1,340  | 4,400 | Gurnee, Illinois | United States |  | Z-shaped building measured along its winding central corridor
5. | Boeing Everett Factory | Airplane factory | 1967 | 1,090  | 3,580 | Everett, Washington | United States |  |
6. | Ronald Reagan Nat'l Airport Main Terminal | Airport building | 1941 | 1,010  | 3,310 | Arlington, Virginia |  | United States |
7. | Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Building 1 | Medical building | 1921 | 632  | 2,073 | Hines, Illinois | United States |  |
8. | US Coast Guard Air Station, Washington | Military building | 1952 | 570  | 1,870  | Arlington, Virginia | United States |  |

## Oceania

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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes

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1. | Willsmere – Kew Asylum | Residential | 1871 | 950  | 3,120 | Kew, Victoria | Australia |  |
2. | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | Exhibition centre | 1996 | 450  | 1,480 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |  |
3. | The Great Southern Stand
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | Stadium | 1996 | 400  | 1,300 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |  |
4. | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre | Exhibition centre | 1988 | 310  | 1,020 | Sydney, New South Wales | Australia |  |
5. | Flinders Street station | Railway station | 1910 | 280  | 920 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |  |

## South America

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1. | Central Institute of Sciences (ICC) of the University of Brasília | University | 1961 | 750  | 2,460 | Brasília, Federal District (Brazil) | Brazil |

15°45′48″S 47°52′10″W﻿ / ﻿15.763369°S 47.869451°W﻿ / -15.763369; -47.869451

2. | Edificio Caliche, Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía – Caliche Building, Gran Vía housing complex | Residential | 1970–1974 | 680  | 2,230 | Antofagasta | Chile | 23°40′34″S 70°24′14″W﻿ / ﻿23.676206°S 70.403977°W﻿ / -23.676206; -70.403977 | [11]
3. | Edificio Huanchaca (Curvo), Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía – Huanchaca Building, Gran Vía housing complex | Residential | 1967–1969 | 380  | 1,250 | Antofagasta | Chile | 23°40′31″S 70°24′15″W﻿ / ﻿23.675306°S 70.404271°W﻿ / -23.675306; -70.404271 | [11]
4. | Minhocão de Guadalupe – Guadalupe's Big Earthworm | Residential | 1950 | 320  | 1,050 | Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 22°58′47″S 43°13′49″W﻿ / ﻿22.979658°S 43.230245°W﻿ / -22.979658; -43.230245 |
5. | Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera | Public service | 2017 | 310  | 1,020 | Quito, Metropolitan District of Quito | Ecuador |  |
6. | Conjunto Residencial Alcalde Mendes de Moraes (Pedregulho) | Residential | 1947 | 270  | 890 | Rio de Janeiro, São Cristóvão Neighborhood | Brazil |  |

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## Middle East

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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes

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1. | Great Wall of Gorgan | Fortification | 224-651 AD | 195,000  | 640,000 | – | Iran |  |
2. | Terminal 3, Concourse B at the Dubai International Airport | Airport terminal | 2008 | 924  | 3,031 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates |  |

## See also

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## References

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11. ^ a b Galeno, Claudio. "Ricardo Pulgar San Martín, el conjunto habitacional Gran Vía y el edificio Huanchaca". In: Muñoz, María Dolores (ed.), et al. Docomomo Chile: Trayectorias de la ciudad moderna. Concepción: Universidad de Concepción, 2012, p.145-149.

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