|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country.... that can be translated as municipality
Municipality
A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them.... or district. The plural is baladiyat .
See municipalities of Algeria where Baladiyah is used to refer to tertary level administration divisions, and municipalities of Lebanon
Municipalities of Lebanon
|||}The Districts of Lebanon of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.... , municipalities of Qatar
Municipalities of Qatar
|||}Qatar is divided into 10 municipality :#Ad Dawhah ??????#Al Ghuwariyah ????????#Al Jumaliyah ????????#Al Khawr ?????#Al Wakrah ??????... where it is used for top level divisions.
The current Districts of Libya (the top most administrative divisions) are called shabiyat
Shabiyah
Shabiyah is an administrative division of Libya.... , but the former ones were called baladiyat, sometimes also translated as governorate
Governorate
A Governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or colonies, the term governorate is sometimes used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations.... s.