Sentence examples for lightly populated region from inspiring English sources

Beijing has moved systematically to put teeth behind its island claims, setting up the Sansha city administration in 2012 to administer the scattered, lightly populated region of island groups and reefs.

1950 Assam, India 8.7 X 574 The largest quake ever recorded in South Asia killed relatively few people in a lightly populated region along the Indo-Chinese border.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Glenda (JTWC designation: 20S, also known as simply Cyclone Glenda) of March 2006 was among the strongest tropical cyclones to threaten Western Australia, though it weakened considerably before landfall and moved ashore in a lightly populated region.

It followed Division Street for two blocks through a lightly populated area before turning west onto Burgess Street for another two blocks through a more densely populated portion of the community.

Although it served a lightly populated area, the opening of the GCR made Quainton Road an important junction station at which four railway lines met.

Be aware of the area and the people, especially if you find yourself having to walk in an isolated or lightly populated area.

As the line served a very lightly populated rural area, the new management believed it very unlikely that it could ever be made viable.

While most of Croatia's Serbs live in urban centres, a significant number are scattered in villages and towns, mostly in lightly populated parts of the central mountain belt, in the regions of Lika and Banija, and in northern Dalmatia.

One of the southernmost Australian outback towns in Queensland, this lightly populated town is known for horse races, which swells the population to the thousands come September.

Some are hopeful that the dam will bring jobs and money to this lightly populated municipality, Brazil's largest.

This is Germany's most densely populated region.