Caotun Township, formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township, is an urban

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in the northwest of

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

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. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.

History

The area was historically known as ''Chháu-ê-tun'' () with the present name adopted under Japanese rule in 1920.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 27 villages: Beishi, Beitou, Bifeng, Bizhou, Duihe, Fuliao, Fuxing, Heping, Jialao, Mingzheng, Nanpu, Pingding, Pinglin, Shanglin, Shanjiao, Shichuan, Shuangdong, Tucheng, Xincuo, Xinfeng, Xinzhuang, Yanfeng, Yufeng, Yushi, Zhongshan, Zhongyuan and Zhongzheng.

Education

* Nan Kai University of Technology

Tourist attractions

Caotun Night Market The Caotun Night Market or Caoxiedun Tourism Night Market () is a Night markets in Taiwan, night market in Caotun, Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Features The night market sells various delicacies in their food stalls. Game stalls are ...

Jiujiufeng Jiujiufeng ( zh, t=九九峰, p=Jiǔjiǔfēng, l=ninety-nine peaks) is a nature reserve located at the border of Taichung City and Nantou County, spanning the cities of Caotun, Guoxing, Wufeng, and Taiping. The protected area contains many sm ...

* Taiwan Times Village *

Yu-hsiu Museum of Art The Yu-hsiu Museum of Art () is an art museum in Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. History The museum was completed in October 2015, and opened in January 2016. The museum was then won the top prize of the 2016 Taiwan Architecture Award ...

Transportation

The nearest train station to Caotun is the Yuanlin Station of the

Taiwan Railway Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

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route 108 have reach Nan Kai University of Technology, however 10km+10 TWD promotion are only applied to

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

residents and eligible persons.

Notable natives

Hsieh Ming-yu Hsieh Ming-yu (; born 8 February 1969) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. He was raised in Tainan, and moved to Taipei in 1990, where he wrote several songs for other singers, including Andy Lau, William So, and Anita Mui. He returned to Tainan in ...

, singer and songwriter *

Tsai Ping-kun Tsai Ping-kun (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. Early life and education Tsai was born in Caotun, Nantou County, in 1959. He obtained his bachelor's degree from National Dong Hwa University, and master's and doctoral degree in education ...

, Deputy Mayor of

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of the

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(2012-2016)

References

External links

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