Kakul (Kakol) is a village situated in the Tehsil and District
Abbottabad, at an elevation of 1300 metres, 5 km northeast of
center of Abbottabad city near the
Thandiani Hills. Abbottabad is a District of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. The population is around 30,000. It is also famous for The
Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), also known as PMA Kakul, that is Officer Training Academy of Pakistan Army. The posterior gate of
PMA is also named as Kakul gate owing to its proximity with the village.
History
Kakul was a rural area prior to the establishment of a
Boer
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Prisoner of War camp during the
Boer War
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, circa 1899–1902, by the (then) Government of
British India
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.
[Parrett, C. 'Boer POWs at Kakul, Abbottabad' in ''Durbar: Journal of the IMHS'', Vol 28, No 1, Spring 2011, p. 3-8, Pub. UK, by the Indian Military Historical Society] This site was placed under the official management of the
5th Royal Gurkha Rifles. Later on, the POW camp was converted into an army mountaineering and PT school until 1947–48, and a portion of it also remained the offices of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC). It was this site, which was later chosen for the new post-independence
Pakistan Military Academy
Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) is a military academy located nearby Kakul village in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Established in October 1947, it is the only service academy in Pakistan that trains cadets to serve as army of ...
, which is located in the eastern side of the valley.
See also
*
Killing of Osama bin Laden
References
Union councils of Abbottabad District
Populated places in Abbottabad District
Populated places established in 1957
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