Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District is a district in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district has an area of 1,969 km², with the city of Abbottabad being the capital. Neighbouring districts are Mansehra to the north, Muzaffarabad to the east, Haripur to the west, and Rawalpindi to the south.

District
Map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Abbottabad District highlighted
Coordinates:
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Capital	Abbottabad
Government
• District Naib- Nazim	Malik Muhammad Junaid
Area
• Total	1,969 km2 (760 sq mi)
Population  (1998)
• Total	880,666
• Density	448/km2 (1,160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Union Councils	51
Number of Tehsils	2
Website	http://www.abbottabad.gov.pk

Name

The district is named after Major James Abbott, the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849–1853).

Demographics

According to the 1981 census data for Abbottabad tehsil, 95% of the population have Hindko as their first language, while Punjabi and Urdu account for 1.7% and 0.9% respectively.

Protected areas

The Ayubia National Park was established in 1984, this park covers an area of over 3,312 ha.

The Qalanderabad game reserve was established in 1980 with an area of 8,940ha.

Subdivisions

Abbottabad district is divided into four tehsils, Abbottabad , Lora Hazara , Nosherwan Lower Tanawal and Havelian as well as one urban administration area - Nawanshehr. There are fifty-one Union Councils in the district, 35 in Abbottabad tehsil and 16 in Havelian. These are:

Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad Central Bagh Bagnotar Bakot Baldheri Banda Pir Khan Beerangali Berote Kalan Boi Chamhad Dalola Dhamtour

Jarral Jhangi Kakul Kehal Urban Kukmang Kuthiala Kuthwal Malikpura Urban Mirpur Nagri Bala Nambal Namli Maira

Nathia Gali Nawansher Urban Palak Pattan Kalan Pawa Phalkot Pind Kargu Khan Salhad Sarbhana Sheikh-ul-Bandi Sherwan

Havelian Tehsil

Bandi Attai Khan Dewal Manal Ghari Phulgran Goreeni Haveliani Urban Jhangra Langra Langrial

Lora Mojohan Nagri Totial Nara Phallah Seer Gharbi Seer Sharqi Bhattian Tajwal

Abbottabad District Media

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  Map showing the administrative subdivisions of Abbottabad District, the Union Councils of Havelian Tehsil are highlighted in green, whilst those of Abbottabad Tehsil are highlighted in red (the names neighbouring districts to Abbottabad are also shown).

Other website

• Abbottabad government website Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine