Shuvalan
(Redirected from Şüvəlan)
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) |
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.
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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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