Daïra

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A daïra (Arabic: دائرة‎ circle; plural dawaïr) is an administrative division of a wilaya in Algeria and in Western Sahara. Another transliteration of the word is Daerah.

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v t e Arabic terms for country subdivisions

First-level subdivisions	Muhafazah (governorate, province, محافظة) Wilayah (province, ولاية) Mintaqah (region, منطقة) Mudiriya (directorate, مديرية) Imarah (emirate, إمارة) Baladiyah (district, بلدية)

Second and third-level subdivisions	Mintaqah (district, منطقة) Qadaa (district, قضاء) Nahiyah (subdistrict, ناحية) Markaz (district, مركز) Mutamadiyah (delegation, معتمدية) Daerah (department, دائرة) Liwa (district, sanjak لواء )

City and township-level subdivisions	Baladiyah (municipality, بلدية) Ḥai (neighborhood, quarter حي) Mahallah (محلة) Sheyakha (neighborhood subdivision, شياخة)

Terms for types of country subdivisions

English terms

Common English terms (nouns)¹ used to derive other terms and the derived ones historic in italics

Unit

Other English terms

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Historic	Agency Barony Burgh Imperial Circle Diocese Exarchate Hide Hundred March Monthon Presidency Residency Tenth Tithing

Non-English or loanwords

Current	Amt Arrondissement Bairro Bakhsh Baladiyah Barangay Bezirk Regierungsbezirk Colonia Comarca Comune Daïra Deme Frazione Freguesia Gmina Gemeinde İl Județ Kelurahan Kommun Kreis Kunta/kommun Län / lääni Maakuntaliitto / landskapsförbund Località Mahalle Megye Muban Nome (Egypt) Nome (Greece) Oblast Autonomous Okrug Autonomous Ortsteil Ostān Poblacion Powiat Purok Raion Ranchería Shabiyah Shahr Shahrestān Sitio Sýsla Taluka Tehsil Vingtaine Voivodeship Vilayat/Vilayet/Wilayah

Defunct	Commote Heerlijkheid Katepanikion Köping / Kauppala Landskap / Maakunta Landskommun/Maalaiskunta Liwa Naucrary Pagus Pargana Plasă Satrapy Syssel Theme Subah

¹ Used by ten or more countries.

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