A shar is a
country subdivision
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Th ...
in Iran and Azerbaijan.
The Turkish "Şehir" (city), is related.
See:
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Subdivisions of Iran
The administrative divisions of Iran are arranged in four levels, the first level of which is the provinces of Iran, province (: ''ostān''). Provinces are divided into Counties of Iran, counties (شهرستان: ''shahrestān''); counties are d ...
(Township)
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Subdivisions of Azerbaijan
Types of administrative division
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