Indonesians in Taiwan

Ethnic group

Indonesians in Taiwan
Orang Indonesia di Republik Tiongkok
在臺印度尼西亞人

Indonesian food shop in Hsinchu City

Total population
301,549 with Indonesian nationality (November 2024)
Regions with significant populations
Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taoyuan
Languages
Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, English language, Hakka Chinese, Mandarin Chinese or Hokkien Chinese
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam
minorities of Hinduism * Buddhism * Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Various ethnic groups in Indonesia

Indonesians in Taiwan form one of the island's larger communities of foreign residents. There are 144,651 people who have nationality of the Republic of Indonesia reside in Taiwan as of December 2010.[1] This includes 19,554 males and 125,097 females,[1] with 136,679 people serving as foreign laborers.[1]

26,980 Indonesians (many of them with Chinese ancestry, such as Hakka people)[2] had immigrated to Taiwan through international marriage, mostly female, and some had naturalized into Taiwan citizenship.[1]

In Taiwan, employers can be fined if they force Muslim workers to come into contact with pork, something forbidden by the Muslim religion that most Indonesians profess. In Chiayi City, a couple was fined for the offence, in addition to other offences such as an imposing a long workday, and threats of deportation.[3]

In 2013, an Indonesian worker, who married to a local Taiwanese man, built a mosque called the At-Taqwa Mosque in Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County (now Dayuan District, Taoyuan City) to support the growing number of Muslims, especially from the Indonesian workers community.[4] Two other similar mosques, one in Donggang Township, Pingtung County called An-Nur Tongkang Mosque and another in Hualien City, Hualien County called Hualien Al-Falah Mosque were built by the local Indonesian communities in 2018.

At-Taqwa Mosque in Dayuan District, Taoyuan City. An-Nur Tongkang Mosque in Donggang Township, Pingtung County. Hualien Al-Falah Mosque in Hualien City, Hualien County.

Indonesians with Christian backgrounds also established several communities and churches in Taiwan. Katolik Indonesia di Taiwan (Indonesian Catholics in Taiwan) or KITA was established on 12 April 1997 as a community for Indonesian Catholics in Taiwan to share and grow their Catholic faith together.[5] Meanwhile, churches such as Indonesian Ministry Bread of Life Church (IMBLOC)[6] and Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church, through the establishment of GRII Taipei in 1997,[7] exist to serve Indonesians with Protestant background in Taiwan.

## See also

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* Overseas Indonesian
* Indonesia–Taiwan relations

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Statistics" (in Chinese). National Immigration Agency, ROC. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
2. ^ 林柔辰, 湯九懿 (2008-01-05). 台灣客家文化研究新面向─張翰璧教授與東南亞女性移民. NCU Hakka College E-Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
3. ^ Staff Writer, with CNA (May 30, 2011). "Couple faces fine for forcing Muslim to handle pork". Taipei Times. p. 2. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
4. ^ "首頁 - 輕旅行". 7 September 2022.
5. ^ "TENTANG KITA".
6. ^ Official Instagram of IMBLOC
7. ^ Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia Taipei (in Indonesian)

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