Baladiyah (Arabic:بلدية) is a type of Arabicadministrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district"[1] or "municipality".[2] The plural is baladiyat (Arabic:بلديات). Grammatically, it is the feminine ofبلدي "rural, country-, folk-".
The Arabic termamanah (أمانة) is also used for "municipality".[3]
| 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 |
| Baladiyat of Libya | Pre-1995 and post-2013 |
| Municipalities of Damascus |
In Turkish, the wordbelediye (definite accusativebelediyesi), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".
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