Abbottabad
| Abbottabad | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.191057°N 73.330059°E |
| Altitude: | 1,260 m (4,134 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Abbottabad |
| State/Province: | Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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Abbottabad was a town in Hazara District, North West Frontier Province.
Kakul (Kakool) is situated 5 km northeast of Abbottabad. "In the spring of 1902 the English brought a thousand South African Boer prisoners to Kakul. The site was retained as a military camp."[1] See POW Camps in India-Boer War
Name origin
It is named for its first Deputy Commissioner, James Abbott, a British officer.
External links
- Abbottabad Wikipedia
- James Abbott Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
- Abbott's poem Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Google Books Snippet search result Pieces of green: the sociology of change in Pakistan, 1964-1974 by Akbar S. Ahmed – 1977