Novxanı
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Novxanı | |
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Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Absheron |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,468 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
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 — poet, the People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1960).
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