Baladiyah

{{Short description|Arabic administrative division equivalent to municipality}}

{{wiktionary|بلدية}}

Baladiyah ({{Langx|ar|بلدية}}) is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district"{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-J-EZLTRVRwC&dq=Baladiyah+district&pg=PA109|title=Minorities and the State in Africa|year=2010 |publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=9781621968740|language=en}} or "municipality".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ&dq=Baladiyah+municipality&pg=PA219|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998|last=Law|first=Gwillim|date=2010-11-19|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604473|language=en}} The plural is baladiyat ({{Langx|ar|بلديات}}). Grammatically, it is the feminine of {{Lang|ar|بلدي}} "rural, country-, folk-".

The Arabic term amanah ({{Lang|ar|أمانة}}) is also used for "municipality".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZ5pCwAAQBAJ&dq=amanah+municipality&pg=PA414|title=Human Settlement Development - Volume IV|last=Sassen|first=Saskia|date=2009-09-30|publisher=EOLSS Publications|isbn=9781848260474|pages=414|language=en}}