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.
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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
Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 67 districts () and 11 cities () that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these districts and cities, 7 districts and 1 city are located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are fu ...
Types of administrative division
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