An is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it.

Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets. Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization. Measuring the extent of an urban area helps in analysing population density and urban sprawl, and in determining urban and rural populations. Unlike an urban area, a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area, but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city, typically by employment ties through commuting, with the urban core city being the primary labour market. In fact, urbanized areas agglomerate and grow as the core population/economic activity centre within a larger metropolitan area or envelope. In the US, Metropolitan areas tend to be defined using counties or county sized political units as building blocks of much larger, albeit more condensed population units. Counties tend to be stable political boundaries; economists prefer to work with economic and social statistics based on metropolitan areas. Urbanized areas are a more relevant statistic for determining per capita land usage and densities

 Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas of land that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture and there may be less air and water pollution than in an urban area. The degree to which areas of wilderness are included in the term varies; very large wilderness areas are not likely to be described by the term in most contexts. In most parts of the world rural areas have been declining since the 19th century or earlier, both as a proportion of land area, and in terms of the proportion of the population living in them. Urbanization encroaches on rural land, and the mechanization of agriculture has reduced the number of workers needed to work the land, while alternative employment is typically easier to obtain in cities. In parts of the developed world urban sprawl has greatly reduced the areas that can be called rural, and land use planning measures are used to protect the character of rural areas in various ways

An urban area (Latin Urbs = city) is built up with roads, houses, shops, offices, entertainment centres, public buildings, etc. A rural area (Latin Rus = countryside) is not built up but is either still in its natural wild state or given over to farming. Rural areas are ares with a low population per square mile, generally with a lot of farm land and open space. An urban area is a relatively large to huge city, often with buildings over 10 stories high, no farmland, and a much denser population

rural areas are settled places outside towns and cities. they can have an agricultural character,though many rural areas are based on natural gas, petroleum, etc... rural areas are less modern and open than urban areas. people there are probably more attached to there traditions and beliefs. We don't usually see the society moving, and i mean by that, seeing the population changing habits, accepting other cultures and adopting some, etc. however we do found in rural areas hospitals, schools, and banks

An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it.Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations...Unlike an urban area, a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area, but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city, typically by employment ties through commuting, with the urban core city being the primary labour market. In fact, urbanized areas agglomerate and grow as the core population/economic activity centre within a larger metropolitan area or envelope. People living there are open, they choose there cultures and there beliefs and share them and that's what make them a very modern society. they care most about technology, communication, economy, etc. and always look forward to develop and extend markets, diversification products