Some 3,153 people have returned to Fuzuli city so far

According to the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan, 827 families, or 3,153 people, have returned to Fuzuli city so far. The committee said residential complexes are being built in the city alongside the development of social infrastructure.

Opened facilities include a 960-pupil full secondary school named after Mirza Ulughbek, a gift from the Uzbek people, and a 240-place kindergarten. A Kurmangazi Children's Creativity Centre, a gift from the Kazakh people designed for 600 children, has also opened. Fuzuli, liberated in 2020, is being rebuilt on modern urban planning principles and is becoming one of the important symbols of the “Great Return”.

The master plan to 2040 envisages expanding the city's area to 1,943 hectares, its population to 50,000 and its housing stock to 1.52 million square metres. Fuzuli International Airport was made ready to receive flights in just eight months, while the 101-km Zafar road, the 81.7-km Ahmadbayli–Fuzuli–Shusha road and the 12.3-km Fuzuli–Hadrut road strengthen links with other parts of Karabakh. The Kondalanchay reservoir complex, with a total capacity of 15.5 million cubic metres, enables irrigation of 6,200 hectares of farmland.