Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Nantahala /næntʌˈheɪlʌ/ Township is located in North Carolina in the part of Macon County which is west of Wayah Gap. It has a population of 1,711. "Nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means "Land of the Noonday Sun." The area fits its name because in a few spots, the sun’s rays only reaches the floors of the Nantahala National Forest when it is directly overhead during the middle of the day.The Cherokee Indians are the ones credited for finding this region in North Carolina. They called their “town” Aquone. This area is now covered with water now known as Nantahala Lake. There is plenty of evidence to prove that other people lived in this area long before the Cherokee Indians were here. The evidence is that there are many Indian villages in the Aquone area and other similar evidence of other villages throughout the entire Nantahala community. The town of Aquone vanished and was rediscovered by a Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1540 and then again by William Bartram in the 18th century.Nantahala receives a majority of its revenue from tourism."@en }
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- Nantahala,_North_Carolina abstract "Nantahala /næntʌˈheɪlʌ/ Township is located in North Carolina in the part of Macon County which is west of Wayah Gap. It has a population of 1,711. "Nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means "Land of the Noonday Sun." The area fits its name because in a few spots, the sun’s rays only reaches the floors of the Nantahala National Forest when it is directly overhead during the middle of the day.The Cherokee Indians are the ones credited for finding this region in North Carolina. They called their “town” Aquone. This area is now covered with water now known as Nantahala Lake. There is plenty of evidence to prove that other people lived in this area long before the Cherokee Indians were here. The evidence is that there are many Indian villages in the Aquone area and other similar evidence of other villages throughout the entire Nantahala community. The town of Aquone vanished and was rediscovered by a Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1540 and then again by William Bartram in the 18th century.Nantahala receives a majority of its revenue from tourism.".