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Largest swimming pool in the world
Record
96,800 m²
1,041,947 sq ft
- Record holder
- Citystars Sharm El Sheikh
Marketing material and press releases claim a larger area of 12.5 hectares (125,000 m²).
What to remember
In Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the largest swimming pool in the world is filled with sea water. Citystars Sharm El Sheikh, opened in 2015, covers 96,800 m². It is in fact an artificial lagoon, like several of the world's largest pools.
Marketing material and press releases claim an even larger area of 12.5 hectares, or 125,000 m². The record nonetheless uses the more cautious figure of 96,800 m².
The record only counts existing man-made pools larger than 1,500 m² with reliable dimensions, compared by area: depth and water volume are not taken into account.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of largest swimming pools” (revision used 1379281085). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Vic Brincat from Keswick, Ontario, Canada, Photo licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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