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'''Abbottabad''' was is a town in the former [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. It is around 35 miles north of [[Rawalpindi]]. [[Hill Station]]s near Abbottabad include [[Thandiani]], [[Dunga Gali]], [[Bara Gali]] and [[Nathiagali]].
[[Image:Abbottabad_night_nwfp.jpg|thumb|200px|The city at night]]
==Name origin==
It is named for its first Deputy Commissioner, [[James Abbott]], a British officer.
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=884&s_id=241 List of Chaplains at St Luke's, Abbottabad]
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=266 Surviving graves at the Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad]
:*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==
