Ciaotou District[1][2][3][4][5] (Chinese: 橋頭區; Hanyu Pinyin: Qiáotóu Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Ciáotóu Cyu; Wade–Giles: Ch'iao2-t'ou2 Ch'ü1) is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

[6] After the refinery closed in 1999, the location became Kaohsiung's Taiwan Sugar Museum.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ciaotou was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County.

The district consists of Qiaotou, Qiaonan, Shilong, Shifeng, Yuliao, Tunglin, Xilin, Baishu, Bixiu, Xinzhuang, Jiabei, Jianan, Dingyan, Zhongqi, Shihe, Desong and Sande Village.

The Ciaotou metro station can also connect to the Western Trunk line of the Taiwan Railways Administration.