Lower Dali between the Dali and Caohu rivers, around Caohu Elementary
Caohu ranks 17th for cleanliness and 25th for green spaces, but only 32nd for public transport.
Caohu is surrounded by water on three sides: the Dali River lies to the north and west, the Caohu River to the south, and the boundary runs east along Zhongxing Road Section 1. The elevated Freeway 74 cuts straight through the middle of it. The stretch along Zhongxing Road is the liveliest part of the area. Heading west, most of Xihu Village is farmland, with farmhouses and small factories tucked in among the fields.
Donghu Village is home to the Taichung Software Park, and nearby you'll find Donghu Park, Caohu Disaster Prevention Park, and the Dali Branch of the Taichung City Library — all within the neighbourhood. Kids here can attend Caohu Elementary School, whose catchment area covers exactly Donghu and Xihu villages. If you're in the mood for something sweet, Caohu Taro Ice is a well-known Dali snack. For street-view cleanliness, this neighbourhood ranks 17th, putting it right in the middle among Taichung's 32 neighbourhoods.
The first things to sort out if you live here are groceries and getting around. There's only one hypermarket in the neighbourhood, located in Donghu Village, and most supermarkets are across the way in Jincheng Village, on the other side of Zhongxing Road Section 1. The nearest traditional market is the Renhua Evening Market, about 850 metres outside the neighbourhood, so residents on the Xihu Village side need to ride a fair bit to shop. There's no TRA or MRT station within the neighbourhood — the nearest TRA station, Wuquan Station, is about 4.5 kilometres away, and this neighbourhood ranks last for public transport among Taichung's 32 neighbourhoods. A few city bus routes run along Zhongxing Road, but on weekdays most people still get around by their own vehicle.
Caohu was originally called Caowa. Squeezed between two rivers, the land here was low-lying and thick with thatch grass; since 'wa' and 'hu' sound similar in Taiwanese Hokkien, the name gradually became Caohu. It wasn't split into Donghu and Xihu villages until after the war. In 1938, the Monopoly Bureau's tobacco experiment station relocated to Caohu. When Caohu Elementary School was first established in 1952, the school buildings weren't finished yet, so students held classes in tobacco sheds. Xihu Village sits in the lowest, westernmost part of the area south of the Dali River, which is how it got its name; before 1996, most households there made their living growing tobacco. The experiment station later fell out of use, and by the end of 2018 the site had been redeveloped into the Taichung Software Park.
Compared with the 32 Taichung neighbourhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
116 blocks · 2 villages · Data version 2026-09-30
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