地旷人稀 meaning in English

a vast territory with a sparse population; much land and few people

For the special location and the southbound shift of the economic centrality , the population of three gorges including the districts of minor nationalities as tu , had been ever increasing in a great way in the song dynasty . but the absolute quantity is not large , so the population density was still low
由于特殊的地理位置，加上经济重心的南移和移民的发生，整个宋代三峡地区包括土家族等峡区少数民族在内，人口基本上是一直呈增长趋势的，且有时增长幅度较大，但绝对数量并不多，仍属于地旷人稀的地区。