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Canton Tower

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Canton Tower

Canton Tower (Chinese: 广州塔), formerly known as Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (Chinese: 广州电视台天文及观光塔) and also known as Guangzhou Tower (Chinese: 廣州塔), is a 600 m-high (2,000 ft) multi-purpose Chinese observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton or Kwangchow), Guangdong, China.[12][13][14] The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.[15] The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2011.[16] It is the tallest structure in China and the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The tower has the highest observation deck in the world, having a height of 488 m (1,601 ft) above ground level.[17][7][9][10][11]

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