Attock District
Attock District () is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.
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Attock Tehsil
Attock Tehsil () is one of the six tehsils (subdivisions) of Attock District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It lies between 33º38' and 34º0' N. and 72º7' and 72º50' E, with an area of 651 square miles. The Indus bounds it on the north-west, dividing it from the North-West Frontier Province, while the Haro flows through from east to west. The north-west corner is occupied by the fertile Chach plain. South of this lies a dry sandy plain, beyond which rises the Kala-Chitta range. The eastern half consists of the tract known as the Nala, which includes, along with a number of low hills and much broken country, a considerable area of fairly good level land, portions of which are irrigated from wells and by cuts from the Haro and other smaller streams.
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Campbellpur
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chhachh
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Haripur District
Haripur (Urdu: ہری پور) is a district in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Haripur District has the highest Human Development Index of all districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Haripur District is situated at latitude 33° 44' to 34° 22' and longitude 72° 35' to 73° 15' and about 610 meters above the sea level.
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Haro River
Haro is the name of a river and its valley in Abbottabad District in the North West Frontier Province of northern Pakistan, identified with the Rigvedic Arjikiya.
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Indus
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Kamra
Kamra (Urdu: کامرہ) is located in Attock District in the mountainous north of the Punjab, Pakistan.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Pakistan
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Peshawar
( Pekhawar/Peshawar, Hindko: Pishor, {{lang-ur|), is the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative centre (but not the capital) for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The Kushan king Kanishka, moved the capital from Pushkalavati (now called Charsadda in the Peshawar valley) to Purushapura in the 2nd century AD. The current name "Peshawar" may derive from the Sanskrit Purushapura (meaning "city of men") and is known as Pekhawar or Peshawar in Pashto and Pishor in Hindko. The area originally belonged to Gandhara and the eastern Iranian tribes of Scythian origin and later became part of the Kushan Empire empire. It gave its name to the Peshwari naan bread, one of the diverse genres of naan common in the curry houses of Great Britain. Briefly it also witnessed some Greek influence after which it saw the Arab conquest and rise of [[Islam]. Today it is one of the prime cities of Pakistan west of the river Indus.
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Punjab (Pakistan)
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Rawalpindi
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Soldiers of Pakistani paramilitary force stand guard at an entry post to northwest of Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2009 in Attock, Pakistan.

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MINISTER FOR DEFENCE CHAUDHRY AHMAD MUKHTAR- PAKISTAN-DEFENCE

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Top Story: UNHCR urges solutions for refugees to combat trafficking

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Supporters of Pakistan former prime minister Nawaz Sharif are stopped at Attock, Pakistan, from entering in Islamabad to welcome their leader on Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. Sharif is deported after he had landed in Islamabad from seven years exile hoping to

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A view of Rawal Dam

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In this image made from a video handed to an AP reporter in northwest Pakistan on Sunday Feb. 9, 2009, Polish hostage Piotr Stanczak sits between two masked men, before apparently being beheaded with a knife.

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Rear entrance to Nana Phadanvis' house (Nana phadanvis wada) which is still preserved today in the same condition as when Nana built it in 1780. Location: Menawali, Wai T.

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Sohav

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Afghan soldiers of the Durrani Empire

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The Saddar Bazaar

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Attock

Official name	Attock
Pushpin map	Pakistan
Pushpin mapsize	300
Coordinates region	PK
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	Province
Subdivision name1	Punjab
Leader title1	Founded By
Leader name1	Sir Campbell
Leader title2	Awan Khan of Attock
Established title	Established
Established date	1904
Established title2	Incorporated
Established date2	1978
Unit pref	Metric
Area total km2	6857
Elevation m	266
Population as of	2006
Population total	1,274,935
Population urban	260,724
Population metro	1,014,211
Timezone	PST
Utc offset	+5
Postal code type	Postal code span
Postal code	43600
Area code	057
Website	www.attocknews.com

Attock (Urdu: ), the headquarters of Attock District, is a city located in the northern border of the Punjab province of Pakistan, and also a border district on the river Indus. Its old name, before 1985, was Campbellpur.

It is just from Rawalpindi, from Peshawar, and from the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra.

History

British rule

The city's foundations were laid in 1903, and it was named Campbellpur after Sir Campbell. The city was established near Near Attok FortAtock fort. That was major routes towards centrel asia

1947-Present

Although Pakistan had become independent from Britain in 1947, it wasn't until 1978 that the name Attock was adopted for the city.

Attock's first oil well was drilled in Khaur in 1915. It has an oil and gas field, Dakhini, near Jand, which produces one-third of Pakistan's oil.

Geography and climate

Attock is located at 33° 46' 20N Latitude and 72° 22' 6E Longitude. It has an altitude of . The average annual rainfall in the district is .

Attock District's climate is characterized by very hot summers and very cold winters. The maximum temperature reaches 40°C. The northern part is more humid, with a relatively moderate climate as compared to the southern part.

The river Indus flows on the western and northern sides of the district; the Haro River comes from Haripur and passes through the Attock tehsil on the north of the Kala Chitta Range. The land consists mainly of hills, plateaus, and dissected plains. The area north of the Haro River is a flood plain with fertile soil.

Attock District (Urdu: Ø§Ù¹Ú© ) is located in the northwest of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district was created in 1904 by the merger of Talagang tehsil from the Jhelum District and the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of British Raj. The original name was Campbellpore district after Sir Campbell who founded the city of Campbellpore to the southeast of Attock Town. The name of the district was changed to Attock in 1978.

Attock District is bordered by the Haripur and Swabi districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to the north, the district of Rawalpindi to the east, the district of Chakwal ot the southeast, the district of Mianwali to the southwest, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province districts of Kohat and Nowshera to the west and northwest. The river Indus forms the western boundary of the district

Educvational Instititions

There are several educational intitutions in the district that has played a significant role in educating the local as well as people from other areas.

Administration

As well as being the district capital, the city of Attock is also the administrative centre of Attock Tehsil. The city is subdivided into three Union Councils, which are

#Meherpura(ATTOCK-I) #Civil Bazar(ATTOCK-II) #Chhoi (ATTOCK-III)

Economy

Syntex Pharmaceutical

Syntex pharmaceutical was formed on 1989. It is Attock's Largest Private manufacturing firm. It's CEO Mirza Abdul Rehman is one of the well known personality in the city. This company has over 350 employees and producing several medicines including other medicated products.

Khaur Village

Khaur Village is a very famous in POL (Pakistan Oil Limited).Union council, Hospital, Degree College , Telephone Exchange and many private schools a very famous (Izak Puplic School)(New Active English School Khaur City). Very honor person Faqeer Mian Ahmad Meervi is a (Roohani) person contribute 50 year. His Grand son Haji Muhammad Ishaq (general Secretary all private school association Attock) and his 3rd generation Muhammad Waqas Qadri Director of organization.....

Village of Thatta

"Village of Thatta" has been one of the most important villages of the District. It is believed to have been founded by Sher Shah Suri, while some believe that it was founded much earlier, in the time of Alexander's invasion. The Khattar family of this village has played a very important role in the progress of the country and the region.

Village OF Mithial

Mithial village is also very famous in district attock.The people belong to this village are also from khattar family.They are mostly farmers.It is situated on main kohat-rawalpindi road.

References

Category:Populated places in Attock District

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