Caotun Township 草屯鎮 | |
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The old town of Caotun | |
![]() Caotun Township in Nantou County | |
Location | Nantou County, Taiwan |
Government | |
• Type | Urban township |
Area | |
• Total | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
Population (February 2023) | |
• Total | 96,838 |
Caotun Township | |
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Chinese | 草屯鎮 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cǎotún Zhèn |
Wade–Giles | Ts'ao3-t'un2 Chen4 |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshó-thùn-tsṳ́n |
Hokkien POJ | Chháu-tūn-tìn |
Caotun Township, [1] formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township,is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County,Taiwan. [2] It is the largest township in Taiwan by population. [3]
The area was historically known as Chháu-ê-tun (草鞋墩) with the present name adopted under Japanese rule in 1920.
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.
The nearest train station to Caotun is the Yuanlin Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration in Changhua County.
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