kbaran, kebalan (Kavalan) | |
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| Total population | |
| 1,460 (2018) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Taiwan | |
| Languages | |
| Kavalan, Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien | |
| Religion | |
| Animism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Taiwanese Aborigines Especially Basay and Qauqaut |
The Kavalan (endonym kbalan [kɨβaɾán]; "people living in the plain"; Chinese: 噶瑪蘭族) or Kuvalan are an indigenous people of Taiwan. Most of them moved to the coastal area of Hualien County and Taitung County in the 19th century due to encroachment by Han settlers. Their language is also known as Kavalan. Currently, the largest settlement of Kavalan is Xinshe (Kavalan: pateRongan) Village in Fengbin Township, Hualien County.