The earliest makeup Among all the nine remaining indigenous peoples, the Atayal are the most widely distributed. Their living space spreads from Jen-ai Rural Township in the mountainous area of Nantou to Hualien and Ilan. The tribesmen are extensively spread in mountains 600 to 2000 meters above sea level. Nowadays their population is about 80,000, making them the second biggest indigenous tribe, next to the Ami.
泰雅族是台灣九族裡，分佈最廣的族群之一，生活的空間，從南投山區的仁愛鄉，到花蓮、宜蘭等地，廣泛的分佈在海拔六百到兩千公尺的高山，如今人口約八萬人，以人口數量來看，是台灣九族裡，僅次於阿美族的第二大族