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| − | '''Abbottabad''' is a town in the former [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. It is around 35 miles north of [[Rawalpindi]]. [[Hill | + | '''Abbottabad''' 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]] | [[Image:Abbottabad_night_nwfp.jpg|thumb|200px|The city at night]] | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 4 March 2012
| 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 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.
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
- List of Chaplains at St Luke's, Abbottabad
- 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
- 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
