Baladiyah is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district"[1] or "municipality".[2] The plural is baladiyat . Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-".
The Arabic term amanah is also used for "municipality".[3]
| Specific set | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See main article: Belde. In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative belediyesi), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".