Baladiyah

Baladiyah (Arabic: بلدية‎) is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as district or municipality. The plural is baladiyat (Arabic: بلديات‎). Grammatically, it is the feminine of بلدي "rural, country-, folk-".

The Arabic term amanah (أمانة) is also used for "municipality".

Arab countries

Sets

Specific set	Note
Communes of Algeria	refer to tertiary level administration divisions
municipalities of Lebanon	refer to tertiary level administration divisions
municipalities of Qatar	top level
Districts of Libya#Baladiyat	former
municipalities of Damascus

Other

• Western Region Municipality (بلدية المنطقة الغربية)
• Dubai Municipality (بلدية دبي)
• Unaizah Municipality (بلدية عنيزة)

Turkish

In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative belediyesi), which is a loan from Arabic, means municipality or city council.

See also

• opshtina