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{{Locations_InfoboxDistrict|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= |altitudeheadquarters= [[Campbellpur]] |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attock_District Attock District], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakwal_District Chakwal District]|stateprovince= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan) Punjab]]|country= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]]
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[[Image:Attock_district.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Attock District]]
'''Attock''' District was part of [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period.
==Headquarters==
* [[Campbellpur]] (now Attock City)
==Cities and Towns==
* [[Attock]] (also known as Attock Khurd)
* [[Campbellpur]] (now Attock City)
* [[Fatehjang]]
* [[Hazro]]
* [[Hasanabdal]] (also spelt Hasan Abdal)
* [[Jand]]
* [[Pindigheb]]
* [[Talagang]] (also Tallagang)
==Tehsils==
* Attock
* Fatehjang
* Pindigheb
* Tallagang
==Administration==
The following officials were posted within the district:
===In 1907===
* Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate)
* Assistant Commissioner
* 3 Extra Assistant Commissioners (one was also the Revenue Assistant)
* [[Civil Surgeon]] (also [[Superintendent of Jails|Superintendent of the Jail]])
===In 1930===
* Deputy Commissioner
* Sub-Divisional Commissioner, Pindigheb (also Revenue Assistant for this area)
* 6 Extra Assistant Commissioners (one also in charge of Treasury and another the Revenue Assistant)
* Civil Surgeon
* 5 [[Assistant Surgeon]]s
* Medical Officer of Health
* 32 Sub-Assistant Surgeons (each in charge of one rural dispensary)
==Sources==
* ''Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930,'' Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprint: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan 1989
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_137.gif Attock District] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080905231732/http://pakistaniat.com/2007/01/24/kabul-river-pakistan-attock/comment-page-3/ "When Kabul comes to Attock"], ''All Things Pakistan'', January 24, 2007, now an archived website
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