Ciaotou District is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. During the Japanese era, modern-day Gangshan District and Ciaotou were administered under Okayama Town, Okayama District, Takao Prefecture. Ciaotou was the location of the first modern sugar refinery in Taiwan, and the Ciaotou station was built in 1901 to aid the refinery's transportatio…Ciaotou District is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. During the Japanese era, modern-day Gangshan District and Ciaotou were administered under Okayama Town, Okayama District, Takao Prefecture. Ciaotou was the location of the first modern sugar refinery in Taiwan, and the Ciaotou station was built in 1901 to aid the refinery's transportation needs between Kaohsiung and Tainan. After the refinery closed in 1999, the location became Kaohsiung's Taiwan Sugar Museum.
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