Nahiyah

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A nāḥiyah (

The kaza was a subdivision of a sanjak^[1] and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages. Kazas, in turn, were divided into nahiyes (each governed by a müdür) and villages (karye, each governed by a muhtar).^[2] Revisions of 1871 to the administrative law established the nahiye (still governed by a müdür) as an intermediate level between the kaza and the village.^[2]

The term was adopted by the Principality of Serbia (1817–1833) and Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910), as nahija (Serbian Cyrillic: нахија).

Examples

Arabic-speaking countries

Turkic-speaking territories

• prefectural
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• Ottoman Empire: subdistrict, commune, parish; a subdivision of a kaza (قضاء).

Other

• province
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• Donji Milanovac, a town in Serbia

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