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