Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District is a district in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district has an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the capital. Neighbouring districts are Mansehra to the north, Muzaffarabad to the east, Haripur to the west, and Rawalpindi to the south.

 Name 
The district is named after Major James Abbott, the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849–1853).

 Demographics 
According to the 1981 census data for Abbottabad tehsil, 95% of the population have Hindko dialect of Panjabi as their first language, while Pashto account for 1.7% and 0.9% respectively.

 Protected areas 
The Ayubia National Park was established in 1984, this park covers an area of over 3,312 ha.

The Qalanderabad game reserve was established in 1980 with an area of 8,940ha.

 Subdivisions 
Abbottabad district is divided into four tehsils, Abbottabad, Lower Tanawal, Havelian and Lora Hazara as well as one urban administration area - Nawanshehr.
There are fifty-one Union Councils in the district, 35 in Abbottabad tehsil and 16 in Havelian. These are:

Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad Central
Bagh
Bagnotar
Bakot
Baldheri
Banda Pir Khan
Beerangali
Berote Kalan
Boi
Chamhad
Dalola
DhamtourJarral
Jhangi
Kakul
Kehal Urban
Kukmang
Kuthiala
Kuthwal
Malikpura Urban
Mirpur
Nagri Bala
Nambal
Namli MairaNathia Gali
Nawansher Urban
Palak
Pattan Kalan
Pawa
Phalkot
Pind Kargu Khan
Salhad
Sarbhana
Sheikh-ul-Bandi
Sherwan

Havelian Tehsil
Bandi Attai Khan
Dewal Manal
Ghari Phulgran
Goreeni
Haveliani Urban
Jhangra
Langra
LangrialLora
Mojohan
Nagri Totial
Nara
Phallah
Seer Gharbi
Seer Sharqi Bhattian
Tajwal

 Other website 
 Abbottabad government website 

 References 

Category:Abbottabad District
Category:Districts of British India