Caotun
Caotun, or Tsaotun, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.- Type: Town with 98,400 residents
- Description: urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Caotun Township”, “Chháu-ê-tūn”, “Chhau-tun”, “Chháu-tūn”, “Chháu-tùn-tìn”, “Sōton”, “Thảo Đồn, Nam Đầu”, “Ts’ao-t’un”, “Ts’ao-t’un-chuang”, “Ts’aot’un”, “Tsautuen”, “Tsautwun”, “Tsháu-ê-tun”, “Tshau-tun”, “Tsháu-tùn”, and “草鞋墩”
- Neighbors: Nantou
Places of Interest
Highlights: Taiwan Times Village and National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute.
Taiwan Times Village
The Taiwan Times Village is a museum in Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
Arts center
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute is an arts center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.
Caotun
- Categories: urban township of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Nantou County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.9738° or 23° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
120.6803° or 120° 40′ 49″ east
Population
98,400
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
7QM2XMFJ+G4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Caotun” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caotun Zhen”
- Chinese: “草屯”
- Chinese: “草屯鎮”
- Chinese: “草屯镇”
- German: “Caotun”
- Greek: “Τσαοτούν”
- Hakka Chinese: “Chhó-thùn-tsṳ́n”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tshó-thùn-tsṳ́n”
- Italian: “Caotun”
- Japanese: “草屯鎮”
- Korean: “차오툰진”
- Ladin: “Caotun”
- Literary Chinese: “草屯鎮”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chháu-tūn-tìn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tsháu-tùn-tìn”
- Paiwan: “cawtun”
- Polish: “Caotun”
- Russian: “Цаотунь”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Caotun”
- Ukrainian: “Каотун”
- Vietnamese: “Thảo Đồn”
- Yue Chinese: “草屯”
- “草屯鎮”
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