Daren Township was originally Fan area of Taitung County during the Japanese rule and was placed under the administrative control of Dawuzhuang. After the war, the Nationalist government established the Taitung County Government, made the former-ruled Fan area a mountainous administrative control area, and established Sandi Township. This township was divided from the Dawu Township administrative area in 1946 and named "Daren Township". The township office was first set up in Tuban village. Due to inconvenient transportation, it was moved to Fuxing Road, Anshuo village in 1958. The indigenous groups in the township include Paiwan, Rukai, Pinuyumayan, Amis, and so on, accounting for more than 90% of the township's population. The township has six villages under its jurisdiction: Anshuo and Nantian are close to the sea, while Morinaga, Xinhua, Tuban, and Taiban are located in the higher inland mountainous areas.

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