frontier region
C44204
concept
A frontier region is a sparsely settled, transitional area at the edge of established territories where political control, cultural influences, and economic systems are fluid and contested.
Observed surface forms (7)
- frontier area ×1
- frontier county ×1
- frontier district ×1
- frontier division ×1
- imperial frontier region ×1
- remote subregion ×1
- steppe frontier ×1
Instances (19)
- North Carolina western lands
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La Frontera
surface form: La Frontera (Chile)
- Arctic Unit via concept surface "remote subregion"
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Roman province of Alpes Maritimae
surface form: Alpes Maritimae
- Biobío River frontier zone
- Upper Sindh Frontier
- Spanish New Mexico
- Roman Germania
- Carolina backcountry
- Subansiri Frontier Division via concept surface "frontier division"
- Longxi region
- Cumania (historical region) via concept surface "steppe frontier"
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Roman province of Raetia
via concept surface "imperial frontier region"
surface form: Raetia
- Trans-Appalachian West
- Virginia backcountry
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northern New Spain
surface form: Northern New Spain
- County of Ribagorza via concept surface "frontier county"
- Colombia–Ecuador border region via concept surface "frontier area"
- Middle March via concept surface "frontier district"