Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia etc, where church attendance is high (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

bible belt

(Other definitions for bible belt that I've seen before include "Christian fundamentalist areas of the US" , "Fundamentalist tract" , "some fundamentalist states" , "area of Protestant fundamentalism" , "American region of religious fundamentalism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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