Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Rural area (RURAL area)

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Section	English 311	Arabic 311	Czech 311	German 311	Spanish 311	French 311	Italian 311	Japanese 311	Portuguese 311	Russian 311	Chinese 311
311-1	rural area	مناطق الريفية	venkovská obec	Landgemeinde —ländliche Gemeinde	área rural	commune rurale	centro rurale	農村地域	áreas rural	Сельская местность	乡村地区
311-2	urban area	مناطق الحضرية—مناطق المدينية	městská obec	Stadtgemeinde —Städtische Gemeinde	área urbana	commune urbaine	centro urbano	都市地域	áreas urbanas	Городская местность	城镇地区
311-3	rural population	سكان الريف	venkovské obyvatelstvo	Landbevölkerung —ländliche Bevölkerung	población rural	population rurale	popolazione rurale	農村人口	população rural	Сельское население	乡村人口
311-4	urban population	سكان الحضر	městské obyvatelstvo	Stadtbevölkerung —städtische Bevölkerung	población urbana	population urbaine	popolazione urbana	都市人口	população urbana	Городское население	城镇人口
311-5	semi-urban population	شبه حضر	poloměstské obyvatelstvo	semi-urbane Bevölkerung —Gemischt städtisch-ländliche Bevölkerung	población semiurbana	population semi-urbaine	popolazione semi-urbana	準都市人口	população semi-urbana	Полугородское население	半城镇人口

In many countries a rural area ¹ is defined as an administrative district in which the population size is below a certain level (often taken as 2,000). Other areas are called urban areas ². The rural population ³ is the population living in rural areas, the urban population ⁴ that living in urban areas. Criteria for allocating the population of particular areas to the rural or urban sector respectively differ in different countries. Certain definitions of rural and urban population may lead to distinguish an intermediate category referred to as the semi-urban population ⁵.

3. Rural, adj. - ruralization, n.: growth in the proportion of persons living in rural areas.
Rural population should not be confused with agricultural population or farm population (359-2).
4. Urban, adj. - urbanization, n.: growth in the proportion of persons living in urban areas.

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