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Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District
ضلع ایبٹ آباد
ايبټ اباد ولسوالۍ
Top: Thandiani in winter
Bottom: View of Abbottabad
Abbottabad District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abbottabad District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 34°00′N 73°00′E / 34.000°N 73.000°E / 34.000; 73.000
CountryPakistan Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established1853 (1853)
HeadquartersAbbottabad
Administrative Subdivisions
04
  • Abbottabad Tehsil
    Havelian Tehsil
    Lora Tehsil
    Lower Tanawal Tehsil
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerKhalid Iqbal
 • ConstituensyNA-16 Abbottabad-I
NA-17 Abbottabad-II
Area
 • District
1,967 km2 (759 sq mi)
Elevation
1,363 m (4,472 ft)
Highest elevation
2,924 m (9,593 ft)
Lowest elevation
554 m (1,818 ft)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • District
1,419,072
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
 • Urban
332,315 (23.42%)
 • Rural
1,086,757
DemonymHazarewal
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
NWD (area) code0992
ISO 3166 codePK-KP
Websiteabbotabad.kp.gov.pk

Abbottabad District (Hindko, Urdu: ضِلع ایبٹ آباد) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is part of the Hazara Division and Hazara region covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town.[3] Neighbouring districts include Mansehra to the north and Haripur to the west in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muzaffarabad to the east in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Rawalpindi to the south in the Punjab province.[4] According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Abbottabad district is 1,397,587 (1.39 million).

  1. ^ "Abbottabad District at a Glance". Islamabad: Population Census Organization. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Geography of District Abbottabad Archived November 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference IUCN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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