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Indigenous Area (Taiwan)

Administrative divisions in Taiwan with significant populations of indigenous peoples From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Indigenous Areas (Chinese: 原住民族地區; pinyin: yuánzhùmínzú dìqū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goân-chū bîn-cho̍k tē-khu) are the administrative divisions in Taiwan with significant populations of Taiwanese indigenous peoples. These areas are granted higher level of local autonomy. Currently there are 55 such divisions.[1]

History

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1926 map of indigenous areas in Taiwan under Japanese rule.
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Indigenous areas in Taiwan:
  Mountain indigenous areas
  Plains indigenous areas

On 31 October 2001, the Indigenous Peoples Employment Rights Protection Act was promulgated. In order to implement the provisions of the act, the Council of Indigenous Peoples designated 30 mountain indigenous townships and districts and 25 townships and cities as indigenous areas.[2]

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List of indigenous areas

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