Baladiyah


Baladiyah is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat. Grammatically, it is the feminine of بلدي "rural, country-, folk-".
The Arabic term amanah is also used for "municipality".

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In Turkish, the word belediye, which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".