Abbottabad

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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
Transport links

Abbottabad is a town in the former Hazara District, North West Frontier Province. It is around 35 miles north of Rawalpindi. Hill Stations near Abbottabad include Thandiani, Dunga Gali, Bara Gali and Nathiagali.

The city at night

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.

FIBIS resources

  • An article by Professor Omer SK Tarin accompanying these data sets appears in FIBIS Journal 27.

Churches

  • St Luke's Church - Anglican. For the history of this church and a list of its chaplains, see resources section above.

Cemeteries

  • Old Christian Cemetery - see resources section.

External links

References

  1. Google Books Snippet search result Pieces of green: the sociology of change in Pakistan, 1964-1974 by Akbar S. Ahmed – 1977