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==Name origin==
Abbottabad is named after its founder and first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara region, [[James Abbott]], a British officer. Abbot 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>.
==Education==