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==Name origin==
Abbottabad is named for its founder and first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara region, [[James Abbott]], a British officer. Abbot 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==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Burn_Hall_College| Army Burn Hall College, formerly Burn Hall School, established 1947-48 by the Mill Hill Missionaries]
*[http://www.aps.edu.pk|The Abbottabad Public School, formerly the Railway Public School at Abbottabad]
*[http://www.pipsatd-edu.pk|The Pakistan International Public School and College]]
== Former Boer War POW Camp ==
