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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
m ft
1. Great Wall of China Fortification From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty 21,196,000 69,541,000 China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
2. Walls of Benin Fortification 1450–1500 16,015,000 52,543,000 Benin City Nigeria Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 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. Sighnagi wall Fortress 18th century 4,000 13,000 Sighnagi Georgia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. The 4-kilometer-long wall integrated 28 towers, each named according to the village with which they connected the city. [5]
10. Government Complex, Sejong Government building 2008–2014 3,500 11,500 Sejong City South Korea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Six buildings interrupted by roads; none longer than 300m [6]
11. Klystron gallery above the Stanford Linear Accelerator Research facility 1962–1966 3,073.72 10,084.4 Menlo Park, California United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [7]
12. Fenestrelle Fort Fortification 1728–1850 3,000+ 9,800 Fenestrelle Italy Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
13. Three Gorges Dam Dam 1994–2008 2,335 7,661 China [8]
14. Modlin Fortress Barracks 1832–1862 2,250 7,380 Poland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Two buildings, the longest 1330m
15. Moscow Kremlin Wall Fortification 1485–1495 2,235 7,333 Moscow Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
16. Dubai International Airport Cargo Gateway Airport terminal 2008 1,774 5,820 Dubai United Arab Emirates Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [9]
17. Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. Apartment house 1970-s 1,750 5,740 Lutsk Ukraine Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. A single, connected building 1750m long
18. Kansai International Airport Airport terminal 1991–1994 1,700 5,600 Osaka Japan
19. Red Dog Mine Conveyor Enclosure Zinc mine conveyor enclosure 1991 1,700 5,600 Alaska United States [10]
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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No. Building Type Year(s) built Length City Country Coordinates
m ft
1. Walls of Benin Fortification 1450–1500 16,015,000 52,543,000 Benin City Nigeria Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
No. Building Type Year(s) built Length Country Coordinates City
m ft
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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No. Building Type Year(s) built Length City Country Coordinates Notes
m ft
1. Walls of Ston Fortification 1461 5,500 18,000 Ston Croatia
2. Prora Hotel 1936–1939 4,500 14,800 Binz Germany Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m
3. Venetian Walls of Candia Fortification 1462–1560 4,300 14,100 Heraklion Greece Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
4. Fenestrelle Fort Fortification 1728–1850 3,000+ 9,800 Fenestrelle Italy Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
5. Modlin Fortress Barracks 1832–1862 2,250 7,380 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Poland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Two buildings, the longest 1330m
6. Moscow Kremlin Wall Fortification 1485–1495 2,235 7,333 Moscow Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Longest building in Russia
7. Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. Apartment house 1970-s 1,750 5,740 Lutsk Ukraine Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. A single, connected building 1750m long
8. St. Kevin's Hospital Lunatic asylum 1852 1,600 5,200 Cork Ireland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
9. Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st. (in 305th microdistrict) Apartment house 1970-s 1,488 4,882 Murmansk Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Longest apartment building in Russia
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
14. "Le Lignon" Residential building 1963–1971 1,060 3,480 Geneva Switzerland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
17. Potroom
of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium Factory
Potroom 1,000 3,300 Straumsvík Iceland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
18. Blok 21 apartment complex – (official name B-7) Apartment house 972.5 3,191 Belgrade Serbia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
19. Turbine hall
of the Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant
Turbine hall 955 3,133 Lubmin Germany Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
20. Falowiec Residential building 1970–1973 860 2,820 Gdańsk Poland (satellite photo)
21. "Chinese wall" (Great Wall of China)
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Residential building 1971–1974 830 2,720 Dnipro Ukraine Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
22. "Kilometergebäude"
at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base
820 2,690 Fürstenfeldbruck Germany Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
23. Turbine hall
of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Turbine hall 803 2,635 Chernobyl Ukraine Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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
m ft
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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [11]
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. Le Mur-Écran – The Windscreen Mixed-use 1970 1,300 4,300 Fermont Canada Boomerang-shaped building. Popularly known as The Wall.
6. Boeing Everett Factory Airplane factory 1967 1,090 3,580 Everett, Washington United States
7. Ronald Reagan Nat'l Airport Main Terminal Airport building 1941 1,010 3,310 Arlington, Virginia United States
8. Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Building 1 Medical building 1921 632 2,073 Hines, Illinois United States
9. 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
m ft
1. WillsmereKew 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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No. Building Type Year(s) built Length City Country Coordinates Notes
m ft
1. Central Institute of Sciences (ICC) of the University of Brasília University 1961 750 2,460 Brasília, Federal District (Brazil) Brazil

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2. Edificio Caliche, Conjunto Habitacional Gran VíaCaliche Building, Gran Vía housing complex Residential 1970–1974 680 2,230 Antofagasta Chile Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [12]
3. Edificio Huanchaca (Curvo), Conjunto Habitacional Gran VíaHuanchaca Building, Gran Vía housing complex Residential 1967–1969 380 1,250 Antofagasta Chile Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. [12]
4. Minhocão de GuadalupeGuadalupe's Big Earthworm Residential 1950 320 1,050 Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
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

Middle East

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