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Coastal regions of a territory are often the most densely populated due to their greater economic productivity or colonial history. This leads to a contrast with the interior of the territory, which is (or was) sparsely populated. Examples include:

• Australian Interior or Interior of Australia, a vast undefined area corresponding very approximately to land that is 200 kilometres (120 miles) to 300 kilometres (190 miles) and more from the coast.
• British Columbia Interior, commonly called "The Interior", the inland areas of British Columbia, Canada, including but not limited to:
  • The Interior Plateau, official name of the parts of British Columbia between the Coast Mountains and the Columbia Mountains and the Canadian Rockies, and south of the Interior Mountains
• The Columbia Plateau, Washington, USA, sometimes referred to as the "Interior Plateau"
• The Alaska Interior, a largely wilderness area, encompassing most of the state
• Interior Division, an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo
• U.S. Interior Highlands, a mountainous region spanning eastern Oklahoma, western and northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, and the extreme southeast corner of Kansas
• Interior Plains, a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of North America

See also

• Hinterland

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