page_title: Qualla Boundary
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Qualla Boundary / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Qualla Boundary
context_page_description: The Qualla Boundary or The Qualla is territory held as a land trust for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina. The area is part of the Cherokees' historic territory. The land was not "reserved" by the federal government; the tribe purchased the land in the 1870s and it was subsequently placed under federal protective trust. Individuals can buy, own, and sell the land, provided they are enrolled members of the Tribe of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.
context_section_description: The Qualla Boundary is located at 35°30′N 83°16′W.
  The main part of the Qualla Boundary lies in eastern Swain and northern Jackson counties (just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park). A small portion of the main trust lands extends eastward into Haywood County. The trust lands include many smaller non-contiguous sections to the southwest in Marble, Hiawassee and Hanging Dog areas of Cherokee County, North Carolina, and the Snowbird community in Graham County, North Carolina. The total land area of these regions is 213.934 km² (82.6 sq mi), with a 2000 census resident population of 8,092 people.
caption: Map of the Qualla Indian Reserve (circa 1890)
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