A tiny school serving a Tao coastal village.
Langdao Elementary serves Iraraley (Langdao) village, one of the six traditional Tao settlements strung around Orchid Island's coastline. It is one of the smallest schools on the island, with roughly 27 students across six classes, reflecting the scale of a community that has always measured itself by fishing boats and households rather than population. The village and school sit directly on Lanyu's coastal ring road, within sight of some of the island's most distinctive volcanic rock formations.
朗島國小服務朗島（Iraraley）部落——蘭嶼六個傳統達悟族部落之一，沿海岸線分布。這是島上規模最小的學校之一，僅約6班27名學生，反映出這個一向以漁船與戶數而非人口規模自我定位的社區樣貌。部落與學校皆位於蘭嶼環島公路旁，鄰近島上極具特色的火山岩地標。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌋 Neighbors to a Volcanic Landmark
緊鄰知名火山岩地標
The school sits along Lanyu's coastal ring road near a cluster of distinctive volcanic rock formations that draw visitors from across the island — making the school's daily backdrop one of Orchid Island's natural landmarks.
🏘️ A True Village School
道地的部落小學
With about 27 students across six classes, Langdao Elementary is small enough that every child is known by name — a scale typical of the six traditional Tao settlements on Orchid Island.
🎣 Rooted in a Fishing and Canoe Culture
傳承漁撈與拼板舟文化
As part of Iraraley village life, students grow up surrounded by the ocean-canoe building and flying-fish fishing traditions that have defined the Tao way of life for generations.
Iraraley village and the Tao people.
Langdao Elementary serves Iraraley (Langdao) village, one of six traditional Tao (Yami) settlements on Orchid Island. The Tao are Taiwan's only Indigenous community traditionally based on an offshore island, with a distinct language and a culture centered on plank-canoe building and the seasonal flying-fish harvest — heritage quite different from Taiwan's other fifteen recognized Indigenous peoples.
Find the school.
No. 17, Neighborhood 1, Langdao Village, Lanyu Township, Taitung County 952, Taiwan
952台東縣蘭嶼鄉朗島村1鄰17號
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