Shuvalan
Şüvəlan | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Shuvalan lighthouse | |
Coordinates: 40°29′20″N 50°12′25″E / 40.48889°N 50.20694°E | |
Country | ![]() |
City | Baku |
District | Xəzər-Khazar |
Population | |
• Total | 14,992 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Tomb_of_Mir_Movsum_Agha_in_Shuvelan.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Mir_Movsum_Agha_in_Shuvelan.jpg)
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/First_Vice-President_Mehriban_Aliyeva_attended_opening_of_%E2%80%9CJirtdan%E2%80%9D_Recreation_and_Wellness_Center_after_renovation_10.jpg/220px-First_Vice-President_Mehriban_Aliyeva_attended_opening_of_%E2%80%9CJirtdan%E2%80%9D_Recreation_and_Wellness_Center_after_renovation_10.jpg)
History
[edit]According to the old generation, an ancient times people in Qala, used Shuvalan as pasture for the animals: sheep, cows 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
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