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
Municipality
Shuvalan lighthouse
Şüvəlan
Coordinates: 40°29′20″N 50°12′25″E
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Raion	Xəzər
Population [citation needed]
• Total	14,992
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

History

According to the old generation, an ancient times people in Qala, used Shuvalan as pasture for the animals. Then later on they moved to Shuvalan because the vegetation potential and due to cold weather in winter times in Qala.

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
• Ashraf Ashrafzade-Musician

See Also

• Qala, Azerbaijan
• Shuvalan FK

References

• Şüvəlan (as Şüvələn) at GEOnet Names Server

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