Caotun

Caotun, or Tsaotun, is an urban township in the northwest of . It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.
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  • 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:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Taiwan Times Village and National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute.

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The is a in Caotun Township, , .

Arts center
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is an arts center.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.

Village
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, sometimes rendered…

Caotun

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
node 60655703
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1666855
Wiki­data ID
Q708408
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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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