郡ぐん部ぶ

noun

rural districts; counties

Refers to the non-urban, rural parts of a prefecture or region, often contrasted with 市部 (urban areas). Used in administrative, demographic, and news contexts.

• この県けんの郡ぐん部ぶでは人じん口こう減げん少しょうが続つづいている。

  The population continues to decline in the rural districts of this prefecture.

• 郡ぐん部ぶの学がっ校こうは統とう廃はい合ごうが進すすんでいる。

  Schools in rural areas are being consolidated.