Abbottabad Tehsil () is an administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

) of Abbottabad District in the

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province of

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History

During the

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, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of

Hazara District Hazara District was a district of Peshawar Division in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It existed until 1976, when it was split into the districts of Abbottabad and Mansehra, with the new district of Haripur subsequently splitti ...

.Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1
/ref> After Pakistan′s

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from

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on 14 August 1947, it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

Subdivisions

Municipal Committees

Abbottabad Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district ...

(Headquarters)

Cantonments

* Abbottabad Cantonment * Murree Gallies Cantonment

Town Councils

Nawan Shehr Nawan Shehr () is a town in Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Pakistan. The town is renowned for the historic Ilyasi Masjid, the largest and oldest mosque of Abbottabad. Behind the mosque lies a small hill with walking trails, adding ...

Union Councils

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* Bagh *

Bagnotar Bagnotar is a union councils of Pakistan, union council of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Bagnator is situated on the Abbottabad-Nathi Gali Road some 18 kilometers away from Abbottabad. Loca ...

* Bakot * Bal Dheri * Banda Qazi * Bandi Dhundan * Biran Gali * Birot Kalan * Birot Khurd * Boi * Chamhad * Chatri * Dahamtore * Galiat * Gojri Union Council * Dalola * Jarral * Jhangi * Kakol * Kakot * Kassaki Kalan * Kokmang * Kothiala * Lakhala * Malach * Moolia * Mir Pur * Nagaki * Nagri Bala * Namal * Namli Mera * Nawan Shehr Janubi * Nawan Shehr Shumali * Palak * Pattan Kalan * Pawa * Phal Kot * Pind Kargoo Khan * Qasba Abbatabad * Rach Behn * Rialah * Salhad * Seri Shehr Shah * Sheikhul Bandi * Sherwan * Sir Bhanna * Tar Nawai

References

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