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Nahiyah

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Nahiyah

A nāḥiyah (Arabic: ناحية‎ , plural nawāḥī نواحي ) or nahia is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages and/or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division, while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang in China and the former Ottoman Empire – where it was also called a bucak – it is a third-level or lower division. It . As it can constitute a division of a qadaa, mintaqah or other such district-type of division, it is sometimes translated as "subdistrict".

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  • Examples 1
    • Arab-speaking countries 1.1
    • Turkic-speaking territories 1.2
    • Other 1.3

Examples

Arab-speaking countries

Turkic-speaking territories

Other

First-level
Second / third-level
City / township-level
  • Amanah (أمانة municipality)
  • Baladiyah (بلدية municipality)
  • Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter)
  • Mahallah (محلة)
  • Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision")
English translations given are those most commonly used.


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