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Guangzhou (Guangdong)

Guangzhou

Guangzhou (gwäng'jō') [key]or Canton (kăn"ton', kăn'ton") [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,113,800), capital of Guangdong prov., S China, a major deepwater port on the Pearl River delta.

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