The rule of the Puyuma: The Puyuma are spread throughout the environs of Taitung City and Puyuma Rural Township. At present they number around 6,000 people and are divided into the eight tribes of Katipol, Kasavakan, Rikavong, Tamalakao, Murivurivak, Alipai, Puyuma and Piansiki and Apapolo branch tribes.
卑南族人分佈於台東縱谷末端的台東市近郊與卑南鄉，目前人口僅有六千人左右，共分知本、建和、利嘉、泰安、初鹿、賓朗、南王、下賓朗等八個主部落，和一個分支寶桑聚落。