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die Provinz (-en)  province (provinces, pl.)
finsterste/hinterste Provinz (idiom)  the middle of nowhere, a cultural backwater

Das Dorf und die Burg Hamarfels als hinterste Provinz zu bezeichnen, wäre purer Euphemismus.
To characterize the Hamarfels village and castle as a cultural backwater would be pure euphemism.
Deshalb sind wir international finsterste Provinz und werden nicht mehr ernst genommen.
That's why we're internationally (considered) the middle of nowhere and are no longer taken seriously.

Related: provinziell provincial, provinzlerisch provincial (backward, uncultured)

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