0 the area of Scotland across the lower middle part of the country, which includes the largest cities and has the highest population (= number of people): --
The weather outlook for this week continues to be poor for the West Coast and Central Belt.
In rural areas of Scotland, petrol is substantially more expensive than in the central belt.
Rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh is very amusing to those of us not living in the Central Belt.
These canals pass through some areas of concentrated population- Scotland's Central Belt having a total of over two million.