Kavalan people

Kavalan people
kbaran, kebalan (Kavalan)
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.