Shirin is a city in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

. Near Shirin, there is Syrdarya Power Plant

Syrdarya Power Plant

Syrdarya Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Shirin, Uzbekistan. Its ten units were commissioned in 1972–1981. The installed capacity of the power plant is 3,000 MW....

 and Farkhad Dam

Farkhad Dam

Farkhad Dam - Hydroelectric Station on the River Syr Darya, near the town of Shirin in the Syr Darya region of Uzbekistan.- Overview :Coordinates: 40 ° 13'19 "with. Sh. 69 ° 09'41 "to. etc...

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Population: 14,000 (2004 estimate).

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