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In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. [1] Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements.
Children in rural areas had lower rates of poverty than those in urban areas (18.9 percent compared with 22.3 percent), but more of them were uninsured (7.3 percent compared with 6.3 percent). A higher percentage of "own children" in rural areas lived in married-couple households (76.3 percent compared with 67.4 percent).
chief town or city comarca: Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) county Spanish-speaking countries: comuna Angola: division of município: comuna: Spanish-speaking countries: commune comună Romania: rural commune comune Italy: municipality comunidad Spain: community comunidade intermunicipal Portugal: intermunicipal community ...
Here's a look at MakeMyMove's top picks for rural towns for remote workers, including five that pay you to move there. Abernathy, Texas. Population: 2,798.
Fellow small-town enthusiast Leigh Crandall and I put in hours upon hours of research, including chatting up locals and hitting the road, to bring you the top 10 standout small towns across ...
The small town of Flora, Oregon, in the United States, is unincorporated, but is considered a populated place. A field landscape of the rural Pajuniemi village in Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland Taos Pueblo, an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people.
Another New Zealand English term with a similar use is Waikikamukau ("Why kick a moo-cow"), a generic name for a small rural town. [ 9 ] In British English , Bongo Bongo Land (or Bongo-bongo Land) is a pejorative term used to refer to Third World countries, particularly in Africa, or to a fictional such country.
The Australian National Dictionary defines a township as "a site reserved for and laid out as a town; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town". [1] The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government.