Editing Qualla Boundary (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
The Qualla Boundary is divided into seven communities, which are similar to [[Township (United States)|townships]].<ref name=Eastern_Cherokee>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Eastern Cherokee Reservation (0990) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/TribalTract/r0990_eastern_cherokee/DC20TT_FR0990.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Map of Qualla Boundary with subdivisions.jpg|thumb|right|US Census map of Qualla Boundary with subdivisions]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Community
!Overlapping [[North Carolina]] [[List of counties in North Carolina|counties]]
|-
! Big Cove<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Big Cove Community (050) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990050_big_cove/DC20BLK_TS0990050.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Swain County, North Carolina|Swain County]]
|-
! Birdtown<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Birdtown Community (065) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990065_birdtown/DC20BLK_TS0990065.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Jackson County, North Carolina|Jackson County]], Swain County
|-
! Cherokee County<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Cherokee County Community (120) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990120_cherokee_county/DC20BLK_TS0990120.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee County]]
|-
! Painttown<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Painttown Community (600) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990600_painttown/DC20BLK_TS0990600.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| Jackson County
|-
! Snowbird<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Snowbird Community (750) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990750_snowbird/DC20BLK_TS0990750.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Graham County, North Carolina|Graham County]]
|-
! Wolftown<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Wolftown Community (850) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990850_wolftown/DC20BLK_TS0990850.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood County]], Jackson County, Swain County
|-
! Yellowhill<ref>{{cite map |author=US Census Bureau, Geography Division |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Yellowhill Community (880) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st99_aiannh/tribalsub/ts0990880_yellowhill/DC20BLK_TS0990880.pdf |format=PDF |edition=2020 Census |location=Suitland, MD |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>
| Swain County
|}

There are no municipalities, instead each community elects two representatives to the tribal council; except for Cherokee County and Snowbird, which share two representatives to the tribal council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://visitcherokeenc.com/eastern-band-of-the-cherokee/ |title=The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - Cherokee, NC |publisher=[[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]] |access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> Cherokee, a [[census-designated place]], overlaps most of Painttown and Yellowhill, with a small portion also in Wolftown.<ref name=Eastern_Cherokee/>