noun (n)

• a part of the city far removed from the center(noun.location)

  Example:
  They built a factory on the outskirts of the city.
  

  Synonym:
  fringe
  

  source: wordnet30
• A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.(noun)

  source: webster1913