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'''Abbottabad District''' is a district in the [[North-West Frontier Province]] (NWFP), [[Pakistan]], that contains the cities of [[Abbottabad]] and [[Havelian]].
'''Abbottabad''' is a district in the [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[Pakistan]], that contains the cities of [[Abbottabad]] and [[Havelian]].


== Origin of Name ==
== Origin of name ==
Abbottabad is named after Major James Abbott, an administrator of Hazara, a region that contained this district.
Abbottabad is named after Major James Abbott, an administrator of Hazara, a region that contained this district.



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Abbottabad is a district in the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, that contains the cities of Abbottabad and Havelian.

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: