Caoling
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Caoling Village 草嶺村 | |
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 Overlooking Caoling from Caoling Elementary School, in 2020 | |
  Caoling Village 草嶺村 | |
| Coordinates: 23°35′29.5″N 120°41′05.8″E / 23.591528°N 120.684944°E | |
| Location | Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan |
Caoling (Chinese: 草嶺; pinyin: Cǎolǐng) is a rural village in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is 450 metres (1,476 ft) to 1,750 metres (5,741 ft) above sea level. The area measures approximately one thousand hectares.[1]
Mountains around Caoling are prone to landslides, and four barrier lakes have formed around the area. The most recent one, New Caoling Lake, existed between 1999 and 2004.[2]
