A nāḥiyah (Arabic: ناحية‎ [ˈnæːħijæ], plural nawāḥī نواحي [næˈwæːħiː]) or nahia is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages and/or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division, while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang in China and the former Ottoman Empire – where it was also called a bucak – it is a third-level or lower division. It . As it can constitute a division of a qadaa, mintaqah or other such district-type of division, it is sometimes translated as "subdistrict".

Examples[edit]

Arab-speaking countries[edit]

• Syria: after (i.e. below) Mintaqah-level.
• Iraq: after (i.e. below) Mintaqah (district)-level.
• Lebanon
• Nahias of Jordan: after governorate (muhafazah)-level.

Turkic-speaking territories[edit]

• Xinjiang, China: after prefectural-level.
• Ottoman Empire: (see bucak) subdistrict, commune, parish; after kaza-level.

Other[edit]

• Districts of Tajikistan: after province-level.