Caotun Township,臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 30 September 2017. 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.
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)
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