align data labels above the axis in column chart - Javascript highcharts

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align data labels above the axis in column chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload=function(){//www. j a  v  a  2s . c  om
Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'World\'s largest cities per 2014'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: 'Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population">Wikipedia</a>'
    },
    xAxis: {
        type: 'category',
        labels: {
            rotation: -45,
            style: {
                fontSize: '13px',
                fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
            }
        }
    },
    yAxis: {
          type: 'logarithmic',
        minorTickInterval: 0.1,
        title: {
            text: 'Population (millions)'
        }
    },
    legend: {
        enabled: false
    },
    tooltip: {
        pointFormat: 'Population in 2008: <b>{point.y:.1f} millions</b>'
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Population',
        data: [
            ['Shanghai', 2341.7],
            ['Lagos', 165.1],
            ['Istanbul', 14.2],
            ['Karachi', 14.0],
            ['Mumbai', 12.5],
            ['Moscow', 12.1],
            ['S?o Paulo', 11.8],
            ['Beijing', 11.7],
            ['Guangzhou', 11.1],
            ['Delhi', 11.1],
            ['Shenzhen', 10.5],
            ['Seoul', 10.4],
            ['Jakarta', 10.0],
            ['Kinshasa', 9.3],
            ['Tianjin', 9.3],
            ['Tokyo', 9.0],
            ['Cairo', 8.9],
            ['Dhaka', 8.9],
            ['Mexico City', 8.9],
            ['Lima', 8.9]
        ],
        dataLabels: {
            useHTML:true,
                crop:false,
            enabled: true,
            rotation: -90,
            color: '#000000',
             inside:true,
            style: {
                fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif',
                fontWeight: "bold"
                    , fontSize: "15px"
            }
        }
    }]
});
    }

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="min-width: 300px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>  
   </body>
</html>

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