Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-".
The Arabic term
amanah Amanah or Al-Amanah may refer to:
Organizations
* Al Amanah College, an Islamic private school in New South Wales, Australia
* Al-Amanah Islamic Bank, a bank in the Philippines
* Amanah Raya Berhad, a Malaysian trustee company wholly owned by the G ...
() is also used for "municipality".
Arab countries
Sets
Other
*
Western Region Municipality ()
*
Dubai Municipality ()
*
Unaizah Municipality ()
Turkish
In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative ''belediyesi''), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".
See also
*
Opshtina
References
Types of administrative division
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