Ketagalan people

The Ketagalan (凱達格蘭族) are a Taiwanese aboriginal group originally from the Taipei Basin. Their language is now extinct. On 21 March 1996, the road in front of the Presidential Office Building was renamed from "Long Live Chiang Kai-shek" Road to Ketagalan Boulevard by then-Taipei mayor Chen Shui-bian, marking recognition of their heritage. This renaming also saw the removal of traffic restrictions on the boulevard.

The Ketagalan Culture Center in Taipei's Beitou District serves as a dedicated space for preserving and showcasing the culture of the Ketagalan people.

Legends about the Ketagalan forebears tell of their ancestors fleeing the island of Sanasay due to a monstrous threat. After arriving in Taiwan near the Shuang-Xi River, the community later split into plain-dwelling and mountain-dwelling groups based on a straw draw.

The term "Ketagalen" is used more broadly to describe various Indigenous peoples of northern Taiwan's plains, including the Basay people and others.