Shirin, Uzbekistan

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.

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.