Baladiyah
# Baladiyah

Baladiyah (Arabic: بلدية) is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-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".

## Arab countries

### Sets

| 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 (بلدية المنطقة الغربية)
* Dubai Municipality (بلدية دبي)
* Unaizah Municipality (بلدية عنيزة)

## Turkish

In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative belediyesi), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".

