Tsou people
Cou | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 6,710 (January 2018) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Taiwan | |
| Languages | |
| Tsou, Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Animism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kanakanavu, Saaroa, Taiwanese indigenous peoples |
The Tsou (Tsou: Cou; Chinese: 鄒; pinyin: Zōu; Wade–Giles: Tsou) are an indigenous people of central southern Taiwan. They are an Austronesian ethnic group. They reside in Chiayi County and Nantou County.
The Tsou numbered around 6,000, approximately 1.19% of Taiwan's total Indigenous population, making them the seventh-largest indigenous group. They are sometimes confused with the Thao people of Sun Moon Lake.