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]

Caotun Township 草屯鎮
Urban township
The old town of Caotun
Caotun Township in Nantou County
Location	Nantou County, Taiwan
Government
• Type	Urban township
Area
• Total	104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population  (February 2023)
• Total	96,838

Caotun Township
Chinese	草屯鎮
Hanyu Pinyin	Cǎotún Zhèn
Wade–Giles	Ts'ao3-t'un2 Chen4
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Tshó-thùn-tsṳ́n
Hokkien POJ	Chháu-tūn-tìn

Downtown Caotun

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
• National Caotun Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School

Tourist attractions

• Caotun Night Market
• Jiujiufeng
• Taiwan Times Village
• Yu-hsiu Museum of Art

Transportation

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

Taichung City Bus route 108 have reach Nan Kai University of Technology, however 10km+10 TWD promotion are only applied to Taichung residents and eligible persons.

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)