Shirin, Uzbekistan

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Shirin
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°13′37″N69°08′04″E / 40.22694°N 69.13444°E / 40.22694; 69.13444 Coordinates: 40°13′37″N69°08′04″E / 40.22694°N 69.13444°E / 40.22694; 69.13444
Country Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Region Sirdaryo Region
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total18,900
Time zone UTC+5 (UZT)

Shirin is a city in Sirdaryo Region of Uzbekistan. Shirin is administratively designated as a city of regional significance, not part of a district. [2] Near Shirin, there is Syrdarya Power Plant and Farkhad Dam. Its population is 18,900 (2021). [1]

History

The city was established in 1972.

The history of the city begins with a construction of power station in the early Syrdarinskaya 1970 - one of the largest power plants in the former Soviet Union.

Prior to the establishment of the city the vicinity had small rural settlements.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Sirdaryo regional department of statistics.
  2. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.