A shar is a
country subdivision
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
in Iran and Azerbaijan.
The Turkish "Şehir" (city), is related.
See:
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Subdivisions of Iran
The first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces ( fa, استانها ; ''ostānhā'').
Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan ( fa, شهرستان, translit=shahrestān), and each county (or shahr ...
(Township)
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Subdivisions of Azerbaijan
Types of administrative division
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