| Ciaotou | |
| Official Name: | Ciaotou District[1] |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
| Other Name: | Qiaotou, Chiaotou |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Image Blank Emblem: | File:高雄市橋頭區公所 Welcome to Ciaotou District Office.jpg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Chinese: 高雄市橋頭區公所 Welcome to Ciaotou District Office |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Taiwan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Taiwan |
| Parts Type: | Divisions |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.9379 |
| Population Total: | 41605 |
| Population As Of: | October 2023 |
| Population Rank: | 18 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1546 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.0147 |
Ciaotou District[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 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.
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ciaotou was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Ciaotou was upgraded to a district of the city.
Ciaotou has a land area of 25.9379 square kilometers, or 10.0147 square miles. It has 41,605 inhabitants as of October 2023, and belongs to the Kaohsiung metropolitan area. It is the 18th most populated district in Kaohsiung.
The district consists of Qiaotou, Qiaonan, Shilong, Shifeng, Yuliao, Tunglin, Xilin, Baishu, Bixiu, Xinzhuang, Jiabei, Jianan, Dingyan, Zhongqi, Shihe, Desong and Sande Village.[6]
The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Ciaotou is served by the Ciaotou, Ciaotou Sugar Refinery, and Cingpu stations of the Kaohsiung Metro. The Ciaotou metro station can also connect to the Western Trunk line of the Taiwan Railways Administration.
Ciaotou is also served by Provincial Highways 1 and 17.