Novxanı

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

Notable natives

• Azim Azimzade — painter and graphic artist, founder of Azerbaijani satirical graphics, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1927).
• Lotfi A. Zadeh — American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic.
• Mahammad 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.
• Sabit Orujov — 31 May 1912 – 20 April 1981) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet politician.
• Suleyman Rustam — poet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960).

Transportation

The village is served by the Baku suburban railway.

Gallery

References

External links

• AF Hotel Novkhani (The largest hotel and resort in Caucasus)
• Map of Novkhani