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Canton Tower
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Canton television and tourism tower
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Key facts
- Former names
- Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower
- Preceded by
- CN Tower
- Surpassed by
- Tokyo Skytree
- Type
- Mixed use:, Restaurant, Observation , Telecommunications
- Architectural style
- Structural expressionism
- Location
- Yuejiang Road West/Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District , Guangzhou , Guangdong
- Groundbreaking
- c. 2005 ; 21 years ago ( 2005 )
- Construction started
- November 2005
- Topped out
- August 2009
- Completed
- 2010 ; 16 years ago ( 2010 )
- Opening
- 30 September 2010
- Cost
- CNY ¥ 2,803,635,000.00 , (US$450,000,000.00)
- Tip
- 602 m (1,975 ft)
- Roof
- 462.2 m (1,516 ft)
- Top floor
- 488 m (1,601 ft)
- Observatory
- 449 m (1,473 ft)
- Floor count
- 112 , 2 basement floors
- Floor area
- 114,054 m (1,227,700 sq ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 133300
- Elevation
- 604
- Official website
- www.cantontower.com
- Image
- 广州塔Scenery in Guangzhou, China - panoramio (9).jpg
- Height
- 600
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- Commons category
- Canton Tower
- inception
- 2010-09-28
- date of official opening
- 2010-09-30
- number of elevators
- 6
- floors above ground
- 37
- floors below ground
- 2
- native label
- 广州塔
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Article
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