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Canton Tower

The Canton Tower is 604 meters, tall multi-purpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of the city of Guangzhou, historically known as Canton, in Guangdong, China. The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational in 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.
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