Nahiyah
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Nāḥiyah (Arabic: ناحية [ˈnæːħijæ]; pl. Nawāḥī نواحي [næˈwæːħiː]) is a name for a third-level administrative unit in Syria and Iraq, and for lower levels in Lebanon, Jordan, and the former Ottoman Empire. In Tajikistan it is on the 2nd level.
A Nahiyah contains a number of villages and sometimes smaller towns. It constitutes a division of a qadaa or mintaqah (district). Nahiya can be translated as subdistrict.
- Arab speaking
- Subdivisions of Syria: below the districts of Syria (mintaqah).
- Subdivisions of Iraq: below the districts of Iraq (mintaqah).
- Subdivisions of Lebanon
- Subdivisions of Jordan: below the governorates of Jordan (muhafazah).
- Turkic speaking
- Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire: below kaza
- Subdivisions of Tajikistan: below the provinces of Tajikistan, see districts of Tajikistan
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