Nahiya

Nahiya or Nahia (Arabic: ناحية‎, transliteration: Nāḥiyah; pl. Nawahi, Arabic: نواحي, translit: Nāwaḥy) is a term for an administrative unit used in Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. It is a second-level country subdivision. It contains a number of villages and sometimes a small town, and it constitutes a part of a qadaa or mintaqah (district). Nahiya can be translated as subdistrict.

v • d • e Arabic terms for country subdivisions

First-level	Muhafazah (محافظة) · Shabiyah (شعبية‎) · Imarah (إمارة) · Wilayah (ولاية) · Qadaa (قضاء) · Mintaqah (منطقة) · Mudiriya (مديرية‎) · Baladiyah (بلدية)

Second-level	Mahalla (محلة) · Comona (كومونة) · Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi (مؤتمر شعبي أساسي) · Ḥai (حي) · Nahiya (ناحية) · Daïra (دائرة‎)

Third-level	Baladiyah (بلدية)