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Revision as of 10:46, 5 August 2006
Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد ) is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It contains the cities of Abbottabad and Havelian Birote Bakote and Kohala (Circle Bakote)
Origin of name
Abbottabad is named after Major James Abbott, an administrator of Hazara, a region that contained this district.
Subdivisions
The district has only one Tehsil, Abbottabad. It has two Municipalities, Abbottabad and Havelian, and one Town, Nawanshehr. There are fifty-seven Union Councils in the district. These are: