Novxanı

Novxanı (also, Nobkhana, Novkhana, Novxana, and Novkhany) is a village and municipality in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,468. The name means new house in Persian language. There is a water park in Novxani

Novxanı
Municipality
Novxanı
Coordinates: 40°31′47″N 49°46′46″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonAbsheron
Population
 • Total4,468
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Notable natives
  • Azim Azimzade — painter and graphic artist, founder of Azerbaijani satirical graphics, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1927).
  • Lotfi Asker Zadeh — American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic.
  • Mammad Amin Rasulzade — statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founders of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council (1918).
  • Mehdi Huseynzade — legendary guerrilla fighter in Yugoslavia and Italy during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Suleyman Rustam — poet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960).
  • Suriyya Aliyev — highly respected elder, local mosque keeper and widowed grandfather of 7 (2016).

References
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