Canton
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Canton may refer to:
Administrative divisions
- Canton (country subdivision), territorial/administrative subdivision in some countries, notably Switzerland
- Township (Canada), known as canton in Canadian French
Place names
Australia
- Canton Beach, New South Wales, Australia
China
- Canton Province, or Guangdong Province, a province in southern China
- Guangzhou, known historically as Canton, the capital city of the Guangdong Province
- Canton Tower (Guangzhou Tower), in the above
- Canton Fair (Guangzhou Fair), in the above
- Canton System, to control trade with the west (1757–1842)
Kiribati
- Canton Island, Kiribati
United States
- Canton, Ohio, the most populous metro region in this list
- Canton, California
- Canton, Connecticut
- Canton, Georgia
- Canton, Illinois
- Canton, Iowa
- Canton, Kansas
- Canton, Maine
- Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood and park
- Canton, Massachusetts
- Canton, Michigan
- Canton, Minnesota
- Canton, Mississippi
- Canton, Missouri
- Canton, Montana, a former town now situated under Canyon Ferry Lake
- Canton, New Jersey
- Canton (town), New York
- Canton (village), New York
- Canton, North Carolina
- Canton City, North Dakota
- Canton, Oklahoma
- Canton, Pennsylvania
- Canton, South Dakota
- Canton, Texas
- Canton, West Virginia
- Canton, Wisconsin, a town
- Canton, Barron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Canton Township (disambiguation)
Wales
- Canton, Cardiff, Wales
Fictional
- Canton, a fictional town in "Jaynestown", an episode of Firefly
People
- Canton (band), Italian synth pop group
- Canton (surname), and list of people with the surname
- Canton Jones, American Christian music/hip-hop artist
- Cantonese people, Chinese people whose ancestral homes are in Guangdong
Other uses
- Canton (building), a corner pilaster
- Canton (flag), any quarter of a flag
- Canton (heraldry), a charge placed in the upper dexter corner
- Canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur
- Cantonese, a Chinese language
See also
- List of places named after Guangzhou
- Cantone, a Swiss village
- Cantonment, a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters
- Cantonist
- Kanton (disambiguation)
- East Cantons
- Eric Cantona
- East Canton, Ohio
- New Canton, Illinois
- North Canton, Ohio
- West Canton, North Carolina
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