Baladiyah

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Baladiyah (Arabic: بلدية‎) is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as municipality. The plural is baladiyat (Arabic: بلديات‎).

See municipalities of Algeria where Baladiyah is used to refer to tertary level administration divisions, and municipalities of Lebanon, municipalities of Qatar where it is used for top level divisions.

The current municipalities of Libya (the top most administrative divisions) are called shabiyat, but the former ones were called baladiyat, sometimes translated as governorates.

v • d • e Arabic terms for country subdivisions First-level Muhafazah (محافظة) · Shabiyah (شعبية‎) · Imarah (إمارة) · Wilayah (ولاية) · Qadaa (قضاء) · Mintaqah (منطقة) · Mudiriya (مديرية‎) · Baladiyah (بلدية) Second-level Mahalla (محلة) · Comona (كومونة) · Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi (مؤتمر شعبي أساسي) · Ḥai (حي) · Nahiya (ناحية) · Daïra (دائرة‎) Third-level Baladiyah (بلدية)