Sheyakhah

Sheyakha(h)^[1] or shiyakhah^[2] (Arabic: شياخة‎‎) is an Arabic language term for subdivisions of Egypt.

References

↑ Natalija Gelvanovska; Michel Rogy; Carlo Maria Rossotto (11 February 2014). Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access. World Bank Publications. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-4648-0113-6.
↑ Lowry, Joseph Edmund; Stewart, Devin J. (2009-01-01). Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: 1350-1850. Isd. ISBN 9783447059336.

Arabic terms for country subdivisions

First-level	Muhafazah (محافظة governorate) Wilayah (ولاية province) Mintaqah (منطقة region) Mudiriyah (مديرية directorate) Imarah (إمارة emirate) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Shabiyah (شعبية "popularate")

Second / third-level	Mintaqah (منطقة region) Qadaa (قضاء district) Nahiyah (ناحية subdistrict) Markaz (مركز district) Mutamadiyah (معتمدية "delegation") Daerah/Daïra (دائرة circle) Liwa (لواء banner / sanjak)

City / township-level	Amanah (أمانة municipality) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter) Mahallah (محلة) Qarya (قرية) Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision")

English translations given are those most commonly used.

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