Given the following passage

"A "country pub" by tradition is a rural public house. However, the distinctive culture surrounding country pubs, that of functioning as a social centre for a village and rural community, has been changing over the last thirty or so years. In the past, many rural pubs provided opportunities for country folk to meet and exchange (often local) news, while others—especially those away from village centres—existed for the general purpose, before the advent of motor transport, of serving travellers as coaching inns.",

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Question: A country pub is often located near villages or non-urban areas, in which part of the country?
rural
The word rural is defined as related to the country rather than towns or cities, which matches with the definition of a "country pub". 
Given that these pubs are described as being in non-urban areas and often near villages, it can be inferred that they exist in rural parts of the country..