Baladiyya

A baladiyya (Arabic: ‏‎, romanized: baladiyya; plural بلدياتbaladiyyāt) 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".