Chechi is a village located at in west from capital of
Pakistan
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,
Islamabad
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on
Grand Trunk Road
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in
Attock District
Attock District ( Punjabi/Urdu), known as Campbellpur District during British Raj, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in north western Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Att ...
of
Punjab, Pakistan
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.
Location
Chechi is located at the edge of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...
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Punjab
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. It is located 20 kilometres north from
Attock City and 80 kilometres east from
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
. The region came under Islamic rule in 1001 after
Battle of Peshawar.
References
{{Attock District
Villages in Attock District