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Abbottabad District
Location of Abbottabad District (highlighted in red) within the North-West Frontier Province.
Area	1,969 km2 km²
Population ()  • Density	536,000  • /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established  • District Nazim  • District Naib Nazim  • District Council  • Number of Tehsils	• Sardar Haider Zaman  •   •  seats   • 2
Main language(s)
Website	www.abbottabad.gov.pk

Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Abbottabad is the principal town of this district.

A picture of Abbottabad city taken in 1907.

The district is named after Major James Abbott, the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849 - 1853). ^[2]

During British rule Abbottabad became the capital of Hazara District, which was named after and contained the Hazara valley, a small valley in the outermost Himalayas, between the Indus in the west and Kashmir in the east^[3].

The current Abbottabad District was originally a tehsil of Hazara, the Imperial Gazetteer of India described it as follows:

As Hazara District covered a large area, the Government of the NWFP decided for administrative purposes to divide Hazara into Abbottabad, Mansehra, Kohistan, Haripur and Batagram districts. In 1981 Hazara was divided and Abbottabad was formed as a district with two tehsils. In 1981 the total area of District Abbottabad was 3,665 square miles with a population of 977,212. Tehsil Abbottabad (a sub division of the district) - had an area of 1,802 square mile and a population of 667,328 including 51% of Circle Bakote. In 1990 the total population of the district was 1,425,032 including Circle Bakote 43%.

The population of the district is 0.88 million and the main tribes are the, Abbasies, Tanolis, Awans, Jadoons, Qureshis, Sardars, Sheikhs, and the Syeds.^[5]

• Sardar Ghulam Nabi Khan (late) -- Sardar Nabi
• Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan (Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan)
• Amanullah Khan Jadoon - Ex-Minister Of Petroleum
• Sardar Haider Zaman - District Nazim.
• ASGHAR KHAN - Air Marshal 'Retd'
• Adalat Khan Jadoon. Ex bureaucrat
• DR AJ Khan - Federal Minister Population Welfare, Chairman FMC
• Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani - MPA of N.W.F.P
• Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha - President PML "N" of Abbottabad District
• SH.Shabbir Ahmed Sehgal - Secretary General Pml "N" Distt Abbottabad
• Sardar Idrees - Ex Minister Baldiat
• Ali Afzal Khan Jadoon(seioner advocte) - Ex Law Minister N.W.F.P
• Col Mustafa Jadoon - Ex District Nazim of Abbottabad
• Barrister Javed Abbasi - Ex District Naib Nazim
• Ayub Khan Afridi - Ex Provincial Minister
• Malik Abdul Rauf - Ex Chairman Baldia
• Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan - Senator PML "N"
• Dr.Syed Mehboob - researcher, writer and columnist

The neighbouring districts are Mansehra District to the North, Muzaffarabad District to the east, Haripur District to the west, and Rawalpindi District to the South.^[2]

Miranjani (3,313m) and Mukeshpuri are the highest peaks in Nathia Gali in this district.

Under the NWFP Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act of 1975, two areas have been designated with the district: Ayubia National Park and Qalanderabad game reserve.^[6] Both areas cover only 6% of the landed area of the district.^[6]

Established in 1984, this park covers an area of over 3,312 ha.^[6]

Established in 1980 with an area of 8,940ha.^[6]

Some of the minerals mined within the district are barite, dolomite, granite, gypsum, limestone, magnesite, marble, phosphate, red ochre and red oxide.

Map showing the administrative subdivisions of Abbottabad District, the Union Councils of Havelian Tehsil are highlighted in green, whilst those of Abbottabad Tehsil are highlighted in red (the names neighbouring districts to Abbottabad are also shown).

Abbottabad district is divided into two tehsils, Abbottabad and Havelian as well as one urban administration area - Nawanshehr. There are fifty-one Union Councils in the district, 35 in Abbottabad tehsil and 16 in Havelian. These are:

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by five elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: ^[7]

The district is represented in the National Assembly by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies: ^[8]

With the announcement by the Election commission of Pakistan that elections would be held on the 8th January, 2008^[9] more than a dozen candidates filed their nomination papers in Abbottabad^[10].

Candidates from NA 17 or Circle Bakote who participating in National Assembly contest is one dozen but no female. Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Pakistan Muslim League (N), MMA, JUI (F), JUI (S) and Motahidda Qumi Movement. Other candidates are independent and they may withdraw in last moment of election in favors of any favorites. Those who are filed their nomination papers are Ex-Chief Minister NWFP Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan with covering candidate Sardar Mumtaz Abbasi (His brother in law) both on NA 17 and PF 45, Ex-Federal Minister Aman-u-llah Khan Jadoon with covering candidate Ali Khan Jadoon, Habib-u-Rahman Abbasi, Shammaroz Khan Jadoon, Syed Saeed Khalid, Saeed Abbasi both on NA 17 and PF 45, Raja Oranzeb Khan, Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi, Yousaf Shah and Ghzanfer Ali Abbasi.

Former Deputy Speaker National Assembly Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob is among 21 candidates who filed their nomination papers from NA-18, Abbottabad 2. Others include Sardar Mushtaq, Sardar Raja Khan, Chaudhry Faisal, Waheed Akhter Tanoli, Sardar Muhammad Riaz, Sardar Sher Bahadur Khan, Qazi Muhammad Azhar, Sardar Muhammad Idrees, Ejaz Zar Khan, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Syed Abdul Rahim Shah, Shoukat Ali Tanoli, Sardar Gul Khitab, Abdul Ghaffar Javed, Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Sardar Aurangzeb, Naseer Ahmed Sultan Tanoli, Khurshid Azam Khan, Sikandar Azam Khan and Tahir Javed Abbasi.

Fifteen candidates have filed nomination papers from PF-44 which include former provincial minister Shamaroz Khan Jadoon, former MPA Mushtaq Ahmed Jehanzeb Khan Jadoon, Qazi Muhammad Arshad, Sardar Zakir Hussain, Samiullah Khan Jadoon, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Inayatullah Khan, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Malik Abdul Farooq, Raja Aurangzeb, Gul Khan Jadoon Advocate, Humayun Khan, Ghulam Mustafa and Yousaf Shah. For PF-45, 19 candidates have filed nomination papers including former chief minister NWFP Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, former MPA Sardar Mumtaz Abbasi, Abdur-Rehman Abbasi, Sardar Muhammad Haseeb Abbasi, Shahid Ali Abbasi, Saeed Abbasi, Amir Qureshi, Sahibzada Muhammad Qasim, Sahibzada Muhammad Azhar, Zulfiqar Abbasi, Mst Nageena Afzal, Muhammad Zareed Qureshi, Habib-ur-Rehman Abbasi, Sardar Ali Zaman , Moulana Muhammad Usman Abbasi, Abdul Jabbar Abbasi. Muhammad Akram Abbasi, Ghazanfar Ali Abbasi and Sultan Mehmood Abbasi.

From provincial Assembly constituency PF 45 more than 19 candidates will be contesting the general elections 2008. Five including one female candidates from UC Birote are contesting in elections for the first time in Hazara history. Other candidates belonged to UC Malkot (4), UC Bakote (4), Boi (1), Dalola (1) and Palak (1). There is no candidate of JUP (S) in PF 45, other parties as Pakistan People Party, MMA, PML (N) and (Q) are strong in this constituency and these political parties are in contact with independent candidates as seven. Circle Bakote is home of Dhond Abbasies as majority feudal tribe therefore tribalism play a main role in political process. Other tribes are also possessed political weight as Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi is contesting on ticket of MQM. Those all candidates who are contesting election including Abdu-Rehman Abbasi, Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Azhar Bakoti and his son Sahibzada Pir Mohammed Qasim Bakoti as covering candidate, Sardar Hasib Abbasi, Shahid Ali Abbasi, Saeed Abbasi (founder of SASA School System and chief of Jamat Islami Circle Bakote), Zulfiqar Abbasi (Founder of SEEDA School System), Mrs. Nagina Afzal (daughter in law of ex-chairman UC Birote Haji Aazam Khan), Ex-Chief Minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan and Sardar Mumtaz Abbasi as covering candidate, Habib-u-Rehaman Abbasi, Sardar Ali Zaman, Usman Abbasi, Akram Abbasi and Sultan Mehmood Abbasi.

Twenty four candidates have filed nomination papers from provincial assembly constituency PF-46, which include Sahibzada Muhammad Ahmed, Masood-ur-Rehman Tanoli, Sohail Ayub Tanoli, Sabir Tanoli, Dildar Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Pir Khan Tanoli, Abdul Ghafoor, Qalandar Khan Lodhi, Abdul Mehmood, Malik Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Muhammad Ishfaque, Dr. Qazi Adnan Bashir, Iftikhar Khan Tanoli, Ghulam Mustafa Jadoon, Waqas Ahmed, Qaiser Zaman Afridi, Syed Abdur Rahim Shah, Muhammad Saeed, Malik Manzoor Hussain Advocate, Shoukat Ali Tanoli Advocate, Asad Khan Advocate, Javed Khan Tanoli and Zahoor Khan Jadoon.

For PF-47, 17 candidates have filed nomination papers including Nisar Safdar Khan, Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha, Moulana Fazal-ur-rehman Madni, Sardar Sheraz Afzal, Qazi Muhammad Azhar Advocate, Ejaz Zar Khan, Shabir Khan Advocate, Sardar Pervez Sarwar , Khurshid Azam Khan, Ishtiaq Azam Khan, Sher Bahadur Khan, Sardar Aurangzeb, Waheed Akhter Tanoli, Muhammad Rafique, Malik Zeeshan, Sikandar-e-Azam and Sardar Riaz Khan.

In provincial assembly constituency PF-48, 24 candidates have filed nomination papers including former provincial minister Sardar Muhammad Idrees, Raja Khan, Sajjad Ahmed khan, Abdur Razzaq Abbasi, Haq Nawaz Abbasi, Haji Iqbal, Shahid Nawaz Khan, Sardar Yaqoob, Naheed Gul Abbasi, Riaz Khan, Mrs Sajida Masood, Malik Jehanzeb, Liaquat Ali Abbasi, Sardar Waqar Nabi Sardar Waqar Nabi for MPA, Sardar Ijlal Nabi, Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Abdul Shakoor Abbasi, Sardar Hameed Gul, Sardar Muhammad Idrees, Abdul Razzaq Abbasi, Sardar Fazal-ur-Rehman, Yasir Akhtar, Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Syed Naseer Hussain Shah.

Main article: Abbottabad

Abbottabad the capital city of the district was founded in 1853 by James Abbott, since then it has been an important military cantonment and sanatorium^[11].

Ayubia is 38 km east of Abbottabad. A cluster of four small hill stations of Khanspur, Khairagali, Changlagali and Ghora Dhaka, is called Ayubia and was named after former President Ayub Khan. The complex is spread over an area of 26 KM. The central place has chair lifts.

Dungagali is a small resort situated on the slopes of the Mukshpuri hill (2,376 metres). It commands a view of a series of wooded spurs projecting towards the river Jhelum on the western side. From Dungagali one can climb the 2,813 metres peak of Mukhshpuri, which is the highest point in the range. Natural springs abound on the slopes. It is 34 KM from Abbottabad.

Nathiagali is clad in pine, walnut, oak and maple trees. It can be approached both from Murree and Abbottabad. It is 32 KM from Abbottabad as well as from Murree. Nathiagali is 2493 meter above sea level and is surrounded by mountains.

Thandiani meaning “cold” in the local language, It is one of the highest places of district Abbottabad at an altitude of 2,700 m. It is 31km from Abbottabad City. The drive takes more or less 80 minutes from Abbottabad with lovely views on both sides of the road. The road rises more than 1,219 metres above Abbottabad. En route from Abbottabad (23km), the main settlement is the village of Kalapani. Hule Ka Danna is about 2km north of Thandiani.

• Abbottabad Valley
• Apna Abbottabad
• Abbottabad Homepage
• Pictures of Abbottabad
• Abbottabad Business Directory
• Abbottabad Conservation Strategy

Administrative Divisions of North-West Frontier Province
Capital	Peshawar
Districts	Abbottabad | Bannu | Batagram | Buner | Charsadda | Chitral | Dera Ismail Khan | Hangu | Haripur | Karak | Kohat | Kohistan | Lakki Marwat | Lower Dir | Malakand | Mansehra | Mardan | Nowshera | Peshawar | Shangla District | Swabi | Swat | Tank | Upper Dir

Coordinates: 34°00′N, 73°00′E

Administrative Divisions of Abbottabad District
Capital	Abbottabad
Tehsils	Abbottabad and Havelian
Union Councils	Abbottabad Central | Bagh | Bagnotar | Bakot | Baldheri | Bandi Atti Khan | Banda Pir Khan | Beerangali | Berote Kalan | Boi | Chamhad | Dalola | Dewal Manal | Dhamtour | Ghari Phulgran | Goreeni | Haveliani Urban | Jarral | Jhangi | Jhangra | Kakul | Kehal Urban | Kukmang | Kuthiala | Kuthwal | Langra | Langrial | Lora | Malikpura Urban | Mirpur | Mojohan | Nagri Bala | Nagri Totial | Nambal | Namli Maira | Nara | Nathia Gali | Nawansher Urban | Palak | Pattan Kalan | Pawa | Phalkot | Phallah | Pind Kargu Khan | Salhad | Sarbhana | Seer Gharbi | Seer Sharqi Bhattian | Sheikh-ul-Bandi | Sherwan | Tajwal