{{Short description|Arabic administrative division equivalent to municipality}} A '''baladiyya''' ({{langx|ar|{{wikt-lang|ar|بلدية}}|baladiyya}}; plural {{lang|ar|بلديات}} {{transl|ar|baladiyyāt}}) is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-J-EZLTRVRwC&dq=Baladiyah+district&pg=PA109|title=Minorities and the State in Africa|year=2010 |publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=9781621968740|language=en}}</ref> or "municipality".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ&dq=Baladiyah+municipality&pg=PA219|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998|last=Law|first=Gwillim|date=2010-11-19|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604473|language=en}}</ref> The plural is baladiyat ({{Langx|ar|بلديات}}). Grammatically, it is the feminine of {{Lang|ar|بلدي}} "rural, country-, folk-".

The Arabic term amanah ({{Lang|ar|أمانة}}) is also used for "municipality".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZ5pCwAAQBAJ&dq=amanah+municipality&pg=PA414|title=Human Settlement Development - Volume IV|last=Sassen|first=Saskia|date=2009-09-30|publisher=EOLSS Publications|isbn=9781848260474|pages=414|language=en}}</ref>

==Arab countries==

===Sets=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! 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 | |}

===Other=== * Western Region Municipality ({{Lang|ar|بلدية المنطقة الغربية}}) * Dubai Municipality ({{Lang|ar|بلدية دبي}}) * Unaizah Municipality ({{Lang|ar|بلدية عنيزة}})

==Turkish== {{Main|Belde}} In Turkish, the word '''belediye''' (definite accusative ''belediyesi''), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".

==See also== * Opshtina

== References == {{Reflist}} {{Arabic terms for country subdivisions}} {{Types of administrative country subdivision}}

Category:Types of administrative division

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