Canton, China

E242593

city prefecture-level city sub-provincial city trade fair

Canton, China is the former English name for Guangzhou, a major port city in southern China and the capital of Guangdong province.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Canton, China canonical	11
Canton, Guangdong, Qing Empire	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ prefecture-level city ⓘ sub-provincial city ⓘ trade fair ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Canton ⓘ
capitalOf	Guangdong Province ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
demonym	Guangzhou resident ⓘ
formerNameOf	Guangzhou ⓘ
governingBody	Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government ⓘ
hasDistrict	Baiyun District ⓘ Conghua District ⓘ Haizhu District ⓘ Huadu District ⓘ Huangpu District ⓘ Liwan District ⓘ Nansha District ⓘ Panyu District ⓘ Tianhe District ⓘ Yuexiu District ⓘ Zengcheng District ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport ⓘ
hasRailHub	Guangzhou South Railway Station ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou South railway station
heldIn	Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
historicalRole	key city in maritime Silk Road ⓘ major treaty port in 19th century ⓘ
hosts	Canton Fair ⓘ
isMajor	commercial center ⓘ port city ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
locatedIn	Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ Guangdong Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southern China ⓘ surface form: South China
locatedNear	South China Sea ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Pearl River ⓘ
majorLocalLanguage	Cantonese ⓘ
notableLandmark	Canton Tower ⓘ Chen Clan Ancestral Hall ⓘ Shamian Island ⓘ
officialLanguage	Standard Chinese ⓘ
partOf	Pearl River Delta ⓘ surface form: Greater Bay Area Pearl River Delta ⓘ
regionCode	CN-44-GZ ⓘ
subdivisionType	district ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canton, South Dakota, United States → namedAfter → Canton, China ⓘ

subject surface form: Canton, South Dakota

Canton, Ohio → namedAfter → Canton, China ⓘ

Sun Fo → birthPlace → Canton, China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canton, Guangdong, Qing Empire

Canton, China → heldIn → Canton, China self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Canton Fair