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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 [ edit ]
Turkish [ edit ]
In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative belediyesi ), which is a loan from Arabic, means municipality or city council .
See also [ edit ]
First-level
Second / third-level
City / township-level
Amanah (أمانة municipality )
Baladiyah (بلدية municipality )
Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter )
Mahallah (محلة )
Qarya (قرية )
Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision" )
English translations given are those most commonly used.
Non-English or loanwords
Current
Historical
First-level
Second / third-level
City / township-level
Amanah (أمانة municipality )
Baladiyah (بلدية municipality )
Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter )
Mahallah (محلة )
Qarya (قرية )
Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision" )
English translations given are those most commonly used.
Modern
Historical
§ signifies a defunct institution
Regional subdivisions
Local subdivisions
Setlements
Historical subdivisions in italics .
National, Federal
Regional, Metropolitan
Urban, Rural
Historical subdivisions in italics .
1 Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in
italics .