Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad Tehsil

تحصیل ایبٹ آباد
Tehsil
Country  Pakistan
Province  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Headquarters Abbottabad
Population (2017)[1]
  Tehsil 981,590
  Urban 244,842
  Rural 736,748
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns 1
Number of Union Councils 35

Abbottabad Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل ایبٹ آباد) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

History

During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District,[2] after the independence of Pakistan it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

Subdivisions

Municipal Committees

Cantonments

Town Councils

Union Councils

References

  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1

Coordinates: 34°12′30″N 73°28′59″E / 34.2083°N 73.4831°E / 34.2083; 73.4831

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