Novxanı
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Novkhany
Novxanı | |
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Municipality | |
  Novkhany | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′47″N 49°46′46″E / 40.52972°N 49.77944°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Absheron |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,468 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
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
[edit]- 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.
- Suleyman Rustam — poet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960).
Transportation
[edit]The village is served by the Baku suburban railway.
Gallery
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Novxanı.
- AF Hotel Novkhani (The largest hotel and resort in Caucasus) Archived 2009-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Map of Novkhani
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