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Canton is occasionally visited by Republic of Kiribati vessels, the U.S. Coast Guard and various fishing boats. In 2008, Canton and the rest of the Phoenix Islands became the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), the world's largest marine protected area, covering a total area of 410,500 km 2 (158,500 sq mi) of land and ocean. [31]
Canton (/ ˈ k æ n t ən /) is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio, United States. [6] It is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of Cleveland [7] and 20 miles (32 km) south of Akron in Northeast Ohio on the edge of Ohio's Amish Country.
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau , Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road .
In June 1937 a spat occurred at Canton between USS Avocet and HMS Wellington and their crews. In response, on 26 July President Roosevelt approved a U.S. Navy plan to occupy Canton, [3] and on 3 March 1938 formally reasserted the United States claim, placing Canton and Enderbury under the control of the Department of the Interior. [4]
[19] [20] Historically, Canton was also used for the province itself, [21] but often either specified as a province (e.g. Canton Province), [22] or written as Kwangtung in the Wade–Giles system and now most commonly as Guangdong in Pinyin. [23] The local people of the city of Guangzhou (Canton) and their language are called Cantonese in English.
Canton (basketball), a 1906–1907 basketball team in Canton, Ohio, US; Canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur; Canton Fair, a biannual trade fair in Canton (Guangzhou), China; Canton System, a Chinese trade policy from 1757 to 1842; Canton System (Prussia), unrelated to the above - a system of recruitment to the Prussian Army
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A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. [1] In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, the most politically important cantons are the Swiss cantons.