Şüvəlan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 14,992. The population origin comes mostly from a settlement of Qala, Azerbaijan.
Şüvəlan | |
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Municipality | |
 Shuvalan lighthouse | |
  Şüvəlan | |
| Coordinates: 40°29′20″N 50°12′25″E / 40.48889°N 50.20694°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku |
| District | Xəzər-Khazar |
| Population | |
| • Total | 14,992 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
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History edit
According to the old generation, an ancient times people in Qala, used Shuvalan as pasture for the animals: sheeps, caws and horses. Then later on they moved to Shuvalan because the vegetation potential and due to cold weather in winter times in Qala.
Modern Structures edit
Shuvelan Park, one of the shopping malls in Azerbaijan.
Notable natives edit
- Ruhulla Akhundov — First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR (1925–1926), People's Commissar of Education of Azerbaijan SSR.[1]
- Almas Ildyrym - Poet
- Ashraf Ashrafzade - Musician
See also edit
References edit
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