Indigenous Areas () are the

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

with significant populations of

Taiwanese indigenous peoples Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the Geography of Taiwan, island's population. This total is incr ...

. These areas are granted higher level of local autonomy. Currently there are 55 such divisions.

History

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 A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

and 25 townships and

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as indigenous areas.

List of indigenous areas

References

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* * {{Taiwan topics 2001 establishments in Taiwan Subdivisions of Taiwan Taiwanese indigenous peoples Lands reserved for indigenous peoples

History

List of indigenous areas

See also

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