Differences between rural and urban areas

1. Rural areas have specific natural landscapes and socio-economic conditions, which refers to places where laborers mainly engaged in agricultural production live in communities, which are different from those engaged in agriculture in cities and towns.

2. Cities, also known as urban settlements, generally include residential areas, industrial areas and commercial areas, and have the function of administrative jurisdiction.

Second, the content is different.

1. Rural areas refer to agricultural areas dominated by agricultural industries (natural economy and primary industry), including market towns and villages, including various farms (including animal husbandry and aquaculture farms), forest farms, horticulture and vegetable production.

2. The administrative jurisdiction of a city may involve a wider scope than itself, including residential areas, streets, hospitals, schools, public green spaces, office buildings, commercial shops, squares, parks and other public facilities.

Extended data

Compared with cities, rural areas have their own characteristics:

1, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the residential areas are scattered in the environment of agricultural production, with pastoral scenery;

2. The phenomenon of family residence is obvious;

3. The development level of industry, commerce, finance, culture, education and health is relatively low. Before the Opium War, rural areas in China were at the end of feudal society. The seeds of capitalism have appeared in different quantities in coastal areas, and the feudal landlord land ownership and the natural economy operated by small farmers still dominate in rural areas.

4. The local customs are strong. Most rural areas have some established local customs.

5. The traffic is underdeveloped. Compared with urban traffic, rural roads are mostly muddy rural roads.

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