Caotun Township
Caotun, or Tsaotun, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yu-hsiu Museum of Art and National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute.
Yu-hsiu Museum of Art
Arts center
The Yu-hsiu Museum of Art is an art museum in Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Yu-hsiu Museum of Art is situated 3½ km east of Caotun Township.
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
Arts center
Photo: Fcuk1203, CC BY-SA 3.0.
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute is an arts center, which is situated 4 km west of Caotun Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.
Zhongxing New Village
Village
Photo: Vegafish, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Zhongxing New Village, sometimes rendered as Chunghsing New Village is an urban village located in Nantou City, Nantou County, Taiwan and was the seat of government of Taiwan Province until the abolition of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 2018. Zhongxing New Village is situated 6 km southwest of Caotun Township.
Caotun Township
- Type: Locality with 97,500 residents
- Also known as: “Caotun”, “Caotun Jhen”, “Caotun Zhen”, “Ts’ao-t’un”, and “Ts’ao-t’un Chen”
- Location: Nantou County, Taiwan Province, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.9833° or 23° 59′ northLongitude
120.7333° or 120° 44′ eastPopulation
97,500Elevation
167 metres (548 feet)Open location code
7QM2XPMM+88GeoNames ID
1666854
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Caotun Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “草屯鎮”
- Chinese: “草屯镇”
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