The phrase "rural heartland" refers to the central or core areas of countryside regions. It represents the place where rural life and culture thrive, often featuring agricultural activities, small towns, and a close-knit community. Full definition
Kirker Holidays» destinations range from the classic cultural centres and rural heartlands of Europe from Paris to St Petersburg and Venice to Istanbul to the dramatic landscapes of North Africa and the Middle East, India and Southern Africa. (silvertraveladvisor.com)
But OCBC's Wiranto noted that they're likely to be targeted to regions «crucial» to keeping political power, particularly in rural heartlands. (cnbc.com)
The people who built liberal Protestant institutions such as national mission agencies, local churches, colleges, universities, social reform agencies and public libraries in the rural heartland were people secure in their social position who assumed a leadership role in society and whose sense of social responsibility was born of religious conviction. (religion-online.org)