The Makatao people (), also written Makatau or Makattau, are an
indigenous people
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. The Makatao originally settled around lowland
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
in
Southern Taiwan The regions of Taiwan are based on the historical administrative divisions. However, most of the definitions are not precise.
Division into two regions
* Eastern and Western Taiwan: the Central Mountain Range separates Taiwan into east and west.
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, later largely migrating to
Pingtung and even further to
Taitung in the early 19th century due to the influx of Chinese immigrants.
The indigenous people historically called themselves ''Makatao'' or ''Tau''.
See also
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Jiaruipu Temple
The Jiaruipu Temple (), also known as the Kanapo Temple, is a Makatao temple in Gaoshu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
History
The temple is in the northeast of Taishan Village, Gaoshu Township, located in a rural region. It is the reli ...
, also called Kanapo Temple
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Makatao language
Siraya is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Siraya people of Taiwan, derived from Proto-Siraya. Some scholars believe Taivoan and Makatao are two dialects of Siraya, but now more evidence shows that ...
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Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples
Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ...
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Plains indigenous peoples
Plains indigenous peoples (), previously called plain aborigines, are Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese indigenous peoples originally residing in lowland regions, as opposed to Highland indigenous peoples. Plains indigenous peoples consist of anyw ...
References
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