Caotun

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Caotun Township
草屯鎮
Urban township
The old town of Caotun
The old town of Caotun
Caotun Township in Nantou County
Caotun Township in Nantou County
LocationNantou County, Taiwan
Government
 • TypeUrban township
Area
 • Total104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2018)
 • Total97,477
Caotun Township
Chinese草屯鎮
Hanyu PinyinCǎotún Zhèn
Wade–GilesTs'ao3-t'un2 Chen4
Pha̍k-fa-sṳTshó-thùn-tsṳ́n
Hokkien POJChháu-tūn-tìn
Downtown Caotun

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]

History[]

The area was historically known as Chháu-ê-tun (草鞋墩) with the present name adopted under Japanese rule in 1920.

Administrative divisions[]

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.

Education[]

  • Nan Kai University of Technology

Tourist attractions[]

Transportation[]

The nearest train station to Caotun is the Yuanlin Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration in Changhua County.

Notable natives[]

  • Hsieh Ming-yu, singer and songwriter
  • Tsai Ping-kun, Deputy Mayor of Taipei
  • Wu Den-yih, Vice President of the Republic of China (2012-2016)

References[]

  1. ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 30 September 2017. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "Visit Caotun in Beautiful Nantou - Taiwanese Secrets".
  3. ^ "人口統計資料". 內政部戶政司. 2016-07-11. Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2016-07-11.

External links[]

Coordinates: 23°58′59″N 120°43′57″E / 23.983°N 120.7326°E / 23.983; 120.7326

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