Novxanı (also, Novkhany, Novkhana, Novxana, and Nobkhana) is a village and municipality in the

Absheron District Absheron District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khizi, Gobustan, Baku, Hajigabul, Salyan, and th ...

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. It has a population of 4,468. The name means ''new house'' in

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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 Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Mulla Alekber oghlu Rasulzade ( az, Мәһәммәд Әмин Ахунд Һаҹы Молла Әләкбәр оғлу Рәсулзадә, italic=no, Məhəmməd Əmin Axund Hacı Molla Ələkbər oğlu Rəsulzadə, ; tr ...

— statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founders of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council (1918). *

Mehdi Huseynzade Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade ( az, Mehdi Hüseynzadə; russian: Мехти Гусейнзаде; 22 December 1918, in Novxanı, Azerbaijan – 2 November 1944, in Vitovlje, Slovenia) was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. H ...

— legendary guerrilla fighter in Yugoslavia and Italy during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union. *

Suleyman Rustam Suleyman Rustam ( az, Süleyman Rüstəm; 12 March 1906 – 10 June 1989) was poet of Soviet Azerbaijan, playwright and a public figure. He was the poet of the Azerbaijan SSR (1960), laureate of the Stalin State Prize of the second degree (195 ...

— poet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960). * Suriyya Aliyev — highly respected elder, local mosque keeper and widowed grandfather of 7 (2016).

Gallery

File:Novxanı 21.09.2013 (1).jpg, File:Novxanı 21.09.2013 (3).jpg, File:Novxanı 21.09.2013 (2).jpg,

References

External links

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

Map of Novkhani
Populated places in Absheron District Baku Governorate Villages in Azerbaijan {{Absheron-geo-stub