Nahiyah

A nāḥiyah (Arabic: ناحية‎‎ [ˈnæːħijæ], plural nawāḥī نواحي [næˈwæːħiː]), or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages and/or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a bucak, it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a qadaa, mintaqah or other such district-type of division and is sometimes translated as "subdistrict".

Examples

Arabic-speaking countries

• Syria: a subdivision of a Mintaqah.
• Iraq: a subdivision of a Qadaa (district).
• Lebanon
• Nahias of Jordan: a subdivision of a governorate (muhafazah).

Turkic-speaking territories

• Xinjiang, China: a subdivision of a prefectural.
• Ottoman Empire: (see Nahiye (Ottoman)) subdistrict, commune, parish; a subdivision of a kaza.

Other

• Districts of Tajikistan: a subdivision of a province.