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".
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In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative belediyesi), which is a loan from Arabic, means municipality or city council.
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First-level
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Second / third-level
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City / township-level
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Amanah (أمانة municipality)
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Baladiyah (بلدية municipality)
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Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter)
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Mahallah (محلة)
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Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision")
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English translations given are those most commonly used.
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