Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District
ضلع ایبٹ آباد
ايبټ اباد ولسوالۍ
Top: Thandiani in winter
Bottom: View of Abbottabad
Abbottabad District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abbottabad District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 34°00′N 73°00′E / 34.000°N 73.000°E / 34.000; 73.000
CountryPakistan Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established1853 (1853)
HeadquartersAbbottabad
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerNadeem Nasir[1]
 • District Police OfficerUmar Tufail
 • District Health OfficerShah Faisal Khanzada
Area
 • Total1,967 km2 (759 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[3]
 • Total1,419,072
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Area code0992
Number of Tehsils4
Websiteabbotabad.kp.gov.pk

Abbottabad District (Hindko, Urdu: ضِلع ایبٹ آباد) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is part of the Hazara Division and Hazara region covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town.[4] Neighbouring districts include Mansehra to the north and Haripur to the west in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muzaffarabad to the east in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Rawalpindi to the south in the Punjab province.[5]

  1. ^ "Capt. (R).Nadeem Nasir, Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad".
  2. ^ "Abbottabad District at a Glance". Islamabad: Population Census Organization. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Geography of District Abbottabad Archived November 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference IUCN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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