A name rooted in the land.
Jiana Elementary takes its name from a Bunun-language term meaning "flat mountainside," describing the terrain of the small farming village it serves against the Central Mountain Range. It is a small school — around six classes and just over 40 students — where roughly 95% of families make their living through agriculture. The school's guiding motto emphasizes sustainable development and cultivating the next generation of stewards for Bunun culture.
加拿國小校名源自布農語，意指「平坦的山腰地」，貼切描繪出這座緊鄰中央山脈的小型農村聚落地形。學校規模小巧，約六班、40餘名學生，村內約95%家庭以務農維生。學校秉持永續發展的辦學理念，致力培育布農文化的未來傳承者。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏔️ A Name That Describes the Land
「平坦山腰地」之意
"Jiana" comes from a Bunun word meaning "flat mountainside" — a name that captures the geography of the village the school has served for generations.
🌾 A Farming Community's School
農業為主的部落
With roughly 95% of families engaged in agriculture, the school is deeply woven into the rhythms of a small Bunun farming community.
🌱 Raising Future Cultural Stewards
布農文化傳承者
The school's guiding motto centers on sustainable development and cultivating students who will carry Bunun culture forward into the future.
A Bunun village against the mountains.
Jiana is a small Bunun Indigenous farming village tucked against the Central Mountain Range in Haiduan Township, its name itself a Bunun description of the land it sits on.
Find the school.
957台東縣海端鄉加拿村1鄰加南5號
No. 5, Jianan, Neighborhood 1, Jiana Village, Haiduan Township, Taitung County 957, Taiwan
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