[1] The town is 575 metres above sea level and lies on the river Chirchiq, downstream from Lake Charvak, an irrigation and hydroelectric facility.

The lake Charvak reservoir was formed by the rivers of Mount Pskem, Kok Su and Chatkal.

On the land of the lake there were formerly some settlements, valleys, testimonials of early people, petroglyphs and other historical sights.

But it was a time of extreme lack of cheap and environmentally sustainable power after the catastrophic 1966 earthquake, when the whole U.S.S.R. undertook to reconstruct Tashkent.

The government then agreed to set up the Charvak hydroelectric power station (they had no more suitable location for that purpose).