Shuvalan

Shuvalan

Shuvalan

Municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan

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.

“Jirtdan” Recreation and Wellness Center
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Tomb of Mir Movsum Agha in Shuvelan

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History

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

Shuvelan Park, one of the shopping malls in Azerbaijan.

Notable natives

  • 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

References

  1. [1]
    "Ахундов Рухулла Али оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.


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