Novxanı

Novxanı
—  Municipality  —
Novxanı
Coordinates: 40°31′47″N 49°46′46″E / 40.52972°N 49.77944°E / 40.52972; 49.77944Coordinates: 40°31′47″N 49°46′46″E / 40.52972°N 49.77944°E / 40.52972; 49.77944
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Absheron
Population[citation needed]
– Total	4,468
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)

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 the Tat language.There is a water park in Novxani, the largest in The Caucasus^{[citation needed]}

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.
• Mammed 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 — pet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960 ).

References

• Novxanı at GEOnet Names Server

External links

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