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Taiwan's Indigenous Tribes

With a few exceptions, ost of Taiwan's indigenous communities are found in the mountains or along the eastern coast. Nearly all aborig...

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Taiwan's Indigenous Tribes
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With a few exceptions, ost of Taiwan's indigenous communities are found in the mountains or along the eastern coast. Nearly all aboriginal people speak Mandarin in addition to their own tribal languages. Some villages offer Disneyesque recreations of 'traditional' tribal life and others are hardly distinguishable from any other small Taiwanese Town.

  • With a population of around 140,000, the Amis are the largest aboriginal tribe in Taiwan. You'll find people of Ami descent all over Taiwan, and predominantly Ami towns and villages on the east coast, from Taitung to Hualien.
  • The second largest tribe in Taiwan, is composed of roughly 90,000 Atayal people living in the hills and mountains of northern Taiwan. Some of the business in Wulai County are owned by Atayal people.
  • Originally from the central and southern mountains of the Island, the Bunun are the third largest tribe in Taiwan, with about 40,000 people.
  • Around 40,000 people identify themselves as members of the Truku tribe, whose villages can be visited around Hualien, on Taiwan's central east coast.
  • The Rukai and the Puyama dwell on Taiwan's south east coast, though the Rukai his torically ranged out a bit further west than did the Puyama. About 9000 people settled in Kaosiung south of Pingtung. Each tribe claims membership of around 7000.
  • The Tsou tribe settled in Kaohsiung north of Chiayi, and the Paiwan people settled in Kaohsiung south of Pingtung. Each tribe claims membership of around 7000.
  • Settled in the hills around Hsinchu and Miaoli, the Saisiat are a small tribe of around 4000, about the same size as the indigenous population of enchantingly beautiful Lanyu island, home of the Yami tribe.
  • Taiwan's two smallest tribes are the Kavalan of Ilan, with around 1000 members, followed by the 400 or so Thao people, who live around Taiwan's most famous tourist spot, Sun Moon Lake.
  • Hold the presses! Numbering between five and ten thousand, until recently the Sakizaya people had been classified as Ami; though the Sakizaya have lived among the Ami for the past century following conflict with Han settlers in late 19th century, in 2005 tribal elders petitioned the government for official recognition as a separate tribe. In January, 2007 the Sakizaya became Taiwan's 13th officially recognised indigenous tribe.

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