rural district
Britishnoun
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Amanda’s school is a predominantly white school in a rural district with high levels of poverty, and some of the students have no positive adult figures in their lives.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025
He won that seat in 2006 - the only Democrat to have done so in the mostly rural district over the past three decades.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
Augustine Chonyera, who hails from a cholera-prone part of the capital, Harare, was shocked when he recently visited the sparsely populated rural district of Buhera.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024
The team tested 303 water samples from two locations in Bangladesh: the urban capital city, Dhaka, and a rural district, Mirzapur.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
A rural district council may delegate their entire powers in any parish to a parochial committee.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
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