What are the traditional settlements in Taiwan Province Province?

98% of the population in Taiwan Province Province are Han people from Chinese mainland, and about 2% are Taiwan Province aborigines (Gaoshan people) who settled before the Han people moved in17th century.

The aborigines in Taiwan Province Province refer to the ethnic groups who lived in Taiwan Province Province before the end of World War II. The Han nationality in this province can be divided into Minnan people who migrated from the southern coastal areas of Fujian Province, accounting for 70% of the population, and Hakkas who migrated from the eastern areas of Guangdong Province, accounting for 14% of the population. [2]

Taiwan Province aborigines belong to Austronesian language family and Malays. Austronesian language family is one of the most widely distributed language families in the world, and Taiwan Province Province is the northernmost one. The government of China called all the ethnic groups in the Austronesian language family in Taiwan Province Province Gaoshan. At present, there are 16 officially recognized tribes, which can be roughly divided into aborigines and ordinary tribes. Initially, they were widely distributed in mountainous areas and gathered along alluvial plains to form tribes. At present, the aborigines maintain their own language, customs and tribal structure, but they are facing the problem of rapid modernization. Most Pingpu people have lost their original language and customs. The Atayal, Bunun, Zou, Rukai, paiwan, Beinan, Ami, Taroko, Sacile Ya, Shao, Sedek, Kalmalan (now Pingpu), La Harroy and Kanakanakanafu live in the east of Taiwan Province Island, and Dawu lives in the affiliated island.

14% of the population are mainlanders who moved from Chinese mainland province to Taiwan Province province with the Kuomintang government after 1945.

With the development of cross-strait exchanges and internationalization, there are tens of thousands of spouses in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, 654.38 million foreign spouses and 300,000 foreign workers in Taiwan Province Province, which are called new residents in Taiwan Province Province.