List of longest buildings explained

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

World

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates
1.			From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty	21196000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	-	China	40.6769°N 117.2319°W
2.			1450 - 1500	16015000disp=tableNaNdisp=table			6.3333°N 5.6222°W
3.			224 to 651 AD	195000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	-			^[1]
4.			15th century	36000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	-	India		^[2]
5.			17th century	26000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	-	Pakistan		^[3]
6.			337	6000disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Turkey
7.			1461	5500disp=tableNaNdisp=table
8.			1936–1939	4500disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Germany	54.4367°N 13.5769°W	Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m
9.		Research Facility	1994 - 1999	4000disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States		Length of each arm.^[4]
10.		Government building	2008–2014	3500disp=tableNaNdisp=table			36.5042°N 127.2639°W	Six buildings interrupted by roads; none longer than 300m ^[5]
11.		Research facility	1962 - 1966	3073.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States	37.4147°N -122.2217°W	^[6]
12.			1728–1850	3000m (10,000feet)		Italy	45.0297°N 7.0606°W
13.			1994–2008	2335disp=tableNaNdisp=table		China		^[7]
14.			1832 - 1862	2250disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Poland		Two buildings, the longest 1330m
15.			1485 - 1495	2235disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Moscow	Russia	55.7517°N 37.6178°W
16.			2008	1774disp=tableNaNdisp=table			25.2499°N 55.3589°W	^[8]
17.	Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st.		1970-s	1750disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Ukraine	50.7612°N 25.3687°W	A single, connected building 1750m long
18.			1991 - 1994	1700disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Japan
19.	Red Dog Mine Conveyer Enclosure.		1991	1700disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States		^[9]
20.			2002	1600disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States		-	20.	Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st.	1970-s	1488disp=tableNaNdisp=table	68.918°N 33.0945°W	15 buildings, not connected; none longer than 360m There was no citation to this apart from a wikilink to "Yandex maps". I measured this on a map and the longest continuous chain of them was only 3,500. This is a list of longest buildings, not a list of longest rows of unconnected buildings, so I've removed it. -->

Africa

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates
1.			1450 - 1500	16015000disp=tableNaNdisp=table			6.3333°N 5.6222°W

Asia

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		Country	Coordinates	City
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	Country	Coordinates	City
1.			From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty	8851800disp=tableNaNdisp=table	China		-
2.			15th century	36000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	India		-
3.			17th century	26000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Pakistan
4.	Diyarbakır Wall	Fortification	337	6000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Turkey		Diyarbakır
5.			1991 - 1994	1700disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Japan

Europe

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
1.			1461	5500disp=tableNaNdisp=table
2.			1936–1939	4500disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Germany	54.4367°N 13.5769°W	Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m
3.			1462 - 1560	4300disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Greece	35.332°N 25.1304°W
4.			1728–1850	3000m (10,000feet)		Italy	45.0297°N 7.0606°W
5.			1832 - 1862	2250disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Poland	52.4372°N 20.6811°W	Two buildings, the longest 1330m
6.			1485 - 1495	2235disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Moscow	Russia	55.7517°N 37.6178°W
7.	Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st.		1970-s	1750disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Ukraine	50.7612°N 25.3687°W	A single, connected building 1750m long
8.		Lunatic asylum	1852	1600disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Ireland	51.8968°N 8.5073°W
9.	Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st.		1970-s	1488disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Russia	68.918°N 33.0945°W
10.		Residential building	1972 - 1974	1475disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Denmark
11.	Apartment house on Akademika Zabolotnogo st.		1969 - 1980	1240disp=tableNaNdisp=table			50.3641°N 30.4634°W
12.			2006	1175disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Spain
13.		Residential building	1927 - 1930	1100disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Austria	48.2528°N 16.365°W
14.	"Le Lignon"	Residential building	1963 - 1971	1060disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Switzerland	46.2032°N 6.0979°W
15.	"Lange Jammer" Longest skyscraper in the world 60 m high and 1,000 m long		1968 - 2010	1000disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Germany
16.	"Corviale" is the longest with a unique body, and parallelepiped building shape	Residential building	1972 - 1982	1000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Rome	Italy	41.851°N 12.4117°W
17.					1000disp=tableNaNdisp=table			54.1424°N 13.66°W
18.	Blok 21 apartment complex – (official name B-7)	Apartment house		972.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Belgrade	Serbia	44.8144°N 20.4294°W
19.					955disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Germany	54.1424°N 13.66°W
20.		Residential building	1970 - 1973	860disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Poland		(satellite photo)
21.	"Chinese wall" (Great Wall of China)	Residential building	1971 - 1974	830disp=tableNaNdisp=table			48.4174°N 35.061°W
22.				820disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Germany	48.1971°N 11.2754°W
23.				803disp=tableNaNdisp=table			51.3887°N 30.1063°W
24.	Serpentin (longest of buildings forming the) at Les Courtillières. Whole structure is over 1.1km (00.7miles) long in 3 buildings. Architect: Émile Aillaud.	Residential building	1955 - 1956	700disp=tableNaNdisp=table		France	48.9126°N 2.4107°W
25.			1819 - 1870	678disp=tableNaNdisp=table		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 long, and that of the Luhansk power station north of Shchastia, Ukraine, is long.

North America

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
1.			1994 - 1999	4000disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States		length relates to each arm
2.			1962 - 1966	3073.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States	37.4147°N -122.2217°W	^[10]
3.			2002	1600disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States
4.		Shopping mall	1991	1340disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States		Z-shaped building measured along its winding central corridor
5.		Airplane factory	1967	1090disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States
6.	Ronald Reagan Nat'l Airport Main Terminal	Airport building	1941	1010disp=tableNaNdisp=table			United States
7.	Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Building 1	Medical building	1921	632disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Hines, Illinois	United States
8.	US Coast Guard Air Station, Washington	Military building	1952	570disp=tableNaNdisp=table		United States

Oceania

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
1.			1871	950disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Australia
2.			1996	450disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Australia
3.			1996	400disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Australia
4.			1988	310disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Australia
5.			1910	280disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Australia

South America

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
1.		University	1961	750disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Brazil	-15.7634°N -47.8695°W
2.		Residential	1970–1974	680disp=tableNaNdisp=table			-23.6762°N -70.404°W	^[11]
3.			1967–1969	380disp=tableNaNdisp=table			-23.6753°N -70.4043°W
4.			1950	320disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Brazil	-22.9797°N -43.2302°W
5.			2017	310disp=tableNaNdisp=table
6.			1947	270disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Brazil

Middle East

No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	Length		City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
No.	Building	Type	Year(s) built	m	ft	City	Country	Coordinates	Notes
1.	Great Wall of Gorgan	Fortification	224-651 AD	195000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	–
2.			2008	924disp=tableNaNdisp=table

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