Caotun

Caotun Township
草屯鎮
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
 • Total
104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)
 • Total
96,838
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]

  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.