Qualla Boundary

The Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation (officially known as the Qualla Boundary) is located in western North Carolina, just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Qualla Boundary is essentially the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, however, it is not a true "reservation" in the sense of the word, but rather a "land trust" supervised by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Location

The main part of the Qualla Boundary lies in eastern Swain County and northern Jackson County, but there are many smaller non-contiguous sections to the southwest in Cherokee County and Graham County. A very small part of the main reservation even extends eastward into Haywood County. The total land area of these parts is 213.934 km² (82.6 sq mi), with a 2000 census resident population of 8,092 persons.

ee also

* Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=25000US0990&-geo_id=NBSP&-search_results=25000US0990&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina] United States Census Bureau