Hinterland

[Sarah]

The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term isused esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland,sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim toan exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lyinginland of the coast.

[Sarah]

Hinterland is probably German, because it is. It basically means as rural as you can get within range of a city. The phrase can also apply to any area in the stix, or way far out dude.

[Dianne]

Origin: [Hinterland] is a German word meaning the land behind (a city, a port, or similar). The terms use in English was first documented by geographer George [Chisholm] in his Handbook of Commercial Geography (1888).

The often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a [rivers] banks.

early settlers were driven from the coastal areas into the [hinterland]
synonyms: backwoods, backwater, wilds, wilderness, bush, back of beyond, back-country; More
informal-sticks, middle of nowhere, boondocks, boonies;
outback

An area lying beyond what is visible or known.

[Kit]

The remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.

[Cami]

The often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a rivers banks.