Kanakanavu
Lands
Namaxia District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Countries Taiwan
Facts 3
Population
The officially registered Kanakanavu population was 356 in January 2020.
As of 2020 Source: Council of Indigenous Peoples, Taiwan, Kanakanavu (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
On June 26, 2014, Taiwan's government recognized the Kanakanavu as an independent people, the 16th on the official list.
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Language
Some Kanakanavu people understand their name as people living in a forest of Taiwan giant bamboo.
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