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Canton Tower

Canton television and tourism tower
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Summary

Canton Tower is an observation tower[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of observation tower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,813 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chigang Subdistrict[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Instance of: television tower[5], hyperboloid structure[6]
  • Architect: Information Based Architecture[7]
  • Architectural style: high-tech architecture[8]
  • Commons category: Canton Tower[9]
  • Inception: September 28, 2010[10]
  • Structural engineer: Arup[11]
  • Official website: https://www.cantontower.com/[12]
  • Floors above ground: 37[13]
  • Floors below ground: 2[14]
  • Number of elevators: 6[15]
  • Date of official opening: September 30, 2010[16]
  • Native label: 广州塔[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 604 m[18]
  • Area: 133,300 m²[19]
  • Height: 600 m[20]
  • State of use: in use[21]
  • Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of Canton Tower[22]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Canton Tower include it station[23], a metro station[24], in People's Republic of China[25], founded in 2005[26].

Why It Matters

Canton Tower has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include it station[23], a metro station[24], in People's Republic of China[25], founded in 2005[26].

Related Entities

Arup People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Emporis Building Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved . skyscrapercenter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → tqq50
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Structural engineer → Arup
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+37'}
    Number of elevators → {'amount': '+6'}
    Architect → Information Based Architecture
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Building", "CantonTower::6mwph"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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