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'''Abbottabad''' was the main town and capital in [[Hazara District]] of the [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period. It is around 35 miles north of [[Rawalpindi]]. Some of the main [[Hill station]]s near Abbottabad include [[Thandiani]], [[Dunga Gali]], [[Bara Gali]], [[Khanspur]] and [[Nathiagali]].

==Name origin==

Abbottabad is named after its founder and first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara region, [[James Abbott]], a British officer. Abbott founded the town in January 1853<ref>''Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1883-84'' Published by the Government of the Punjab, Lahore, 1884, p.36 </ref>. However, soon after founding this town, Abbott was posted away in April 1853 and his successor Deputy Commissioner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Benjamin_Edwardes Herbert Edwardes] took on the task of developing it, along the lines envisaged by the founder himself. This was subsequently done, over some years, by Edwardes and his successors, with the result that Abbottabad became noted throughout British India as a small military town of considerable distinction and beauty.

==Education==