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Shirin, Uzbekistan

Coordinates: 40°13′37″N 69°08′04″E / 40.22694°N 69.13444°E / 40.22694; 69.13444
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Shirin
Shirin is located in Uzbekistan
Shirin
Shirin
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°13′37″N 69°08′04″E / 40.22694°N 69.13444°E / 40.22694; 69.13444
Country Uzbekistan
RegionSirdaryo Region
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total18,900
Time zoneUTC+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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.