In addition to Fujianese, Cantonese, Hakkas, and the Pingpu aborigines (various plains-dwelling aboriginal tribes that have almost completely assimilated into the Han Chinese community), the area is also home to many mountain-dwelling aboriginal tribes, including the Atayal, Sediq, Bunun, Thao, Perugawan, Pazeh, Taokas, and Murauts.
除了閩、粵、客家、平埔族外，還有泰雅族、賽德克亞族、布農族卡社群、邵族、萬大、巴宰、道卡斯、水湄社族群… … 等等多元族群在此墾殖、營生。