Caotun Township
Sign in to savethumb|Downtown Caotun Caotun Township, formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.
Key facts
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- Caotun Township草屯鎮
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Urban township
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- The old town of Caotun
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- Caotun Township in Nantou County
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- Location
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- Nantou County, Taiwan
- Settlement.government_type
- Urban township
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 104
- Settlement.population_as_of
- February 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- 96838
- Chinese.title
- Caotun Township
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- 草屯鎮
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- Cǎotún Zhèn
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- Ts'ao3-t'un2 Chen4
- Chinese.poj
- Chháu-tūn-tìn
- Chinese.phfs
- Tshó-thùn-tsṳ́n
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thumb|Downtown Caotun Caotun Township, formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.
==History== The area was historically known as Chháu-ê-tun () with the present name adopted under Japanese rule in 1920.