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”, “Chhau-tun”, “Ts’ao-t’un”, “Ts’ao-t’un-chuang”, “Ts’aot’un”, “Tsautuen”, “Tsautwun”, and “Tshau-tun
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

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

The is a in Caotun Township, , .

Marketplace
The Caotun Night Market or Caoxiedun Tourism Night Market is a night market in Caotun Township, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.

Village
, sometimes rendered as Chunghsing New Village is an urban village located in , , and was the seat of government of until the abolition of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 2018.

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Caotun” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Caotun Zhen
  • Chinese: Chháu-tūn-tìn
  • Chinese: 草屯
  • Chinese: 草屯鎮
  • Chinese: 草屯镇
  • Chinese: 草鞋墩
  • German: Caotun
  • Greek: Τσαοτούν
  • Hakka Chinese: Chhó-thùn-tsṳ́n
  • Hakka Chinese: Tshó-thùn-tsṳ́n
  • Italian: Caotun
  • Japanese: Sōton
  • Japanese: 草屯
  • Japanese: 草屯鎮
  • Korean: 차오툰진
  • Ladin: Caotun
  • Literary Chinese: 草屯鎮
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chháu-ê-tūn
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chháu-tūn-tìn
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chháu-tūn
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tsháu-ê-tun
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tsháu-tùn
  • Paiwan: cawtun
  • Paiwan: Chháu-tùn-tìn
  • Polish: Caotun
  • Russian: Цаотунь
  • Spanish: Municipio de Caotun
  • Ukrainian: Каотун
  • Vietnamese: Thảo Đồn, Nam Đầu
  • Vietnamese: Thảo Đồn
  • Yue Chinese: 草屯
  • Yue Chinese: 草屯鎮
  • 草屯鎮

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Caotun”. Photo: Shxpeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.