Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad
Tehsil

Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Number of towns	1
Number of Union Councils	35

Abbottabad Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل ایبٹ آباد‎) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

History

During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District,^[1] after the independence of Pakistan it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

Administration

The city of Abbottabad, as well as being district headquarters, serves as tehsil headquarters, the tehsil is subdivided into 35 Union Councils these are:^[2]

References

Administrative divisions of Abbottabad District

Capital	Abbottabad

Tehsils	Abbottabad and Havelian

Union councils	Abbottabad Central Sheikh-ul-Bandi 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 Shareef 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 Sherwan Tajwal

Coordinates: 34°12′30″N 73°28′59″E / 34.2083°N 73.4831°E / 34.2083; 73.4831

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