Country Pakistan Time zone PKT (UTC+5) Area 6,857 km² Province Punjab, Pakistan | Headquarter Attock No. of Tehsils 6 Elevation 2,758 m Local time Wednesday 12:30 PM | |
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Languages Punjabi, Urdu and Pashto Tehsils Attock
Fateh Jang
Hazro
Hassan Abdal
Jand
Pindi Gheb Weather 18°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 61% Humidity University Government Post Graduate College Neighborhoods Darul Islam Colony, Farooq-E-Azam | ||
Attock District (Urdu: ضِلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Attock is the capital of the district.
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Map of Attock, Pakistan
The district was created in April 1904 by the merging tehsils of nearby districts. Today the District consists of 6 tehsils that are Attock, Fateh Jang, Hazro, Hassan Abdal, Jand and Pindi Gheb.
It is located in the north of the Punjab province, Attock district is bordered by Chakwal to its south, Mianwali to its south west, Rawalpindi to its east, Kohat to its west, Nowshera to its north west and Swabi and Haripur to its north.
History
The original name of Attock District was Attock. It was changed to Campbellpur after the Commander-in-Chief of British forces Sir Colin Campbell who rebuilt the city of Campbellpur. The name of the district was changed to Attock as of 1978 again. Attock city is the district headquarters.
Demography
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the district had a population of 1,274,935 of which 20.45% were urban. The estimated population in 2008 was 1.58 million.
The predominant first language according to the 1998 census was Punjabi, spoken by 87% of the population. Pashto was the language of 8.3% and Urdu – of 1.1%. The Punjabi dialect of the eastern Fateh Jang Tehsil is called Sohāī̃ and belongs to the Dhanni dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi) and of Attock (sometimes called Chacchi) have been classified as part of Hindko "proper".
Administrative divisions
The district of Attock is divided into six tehsils which contain a total of 72 Union Councils.
Education
Attock has a total of 1,287 government schools out of which 51 percent (657 schools) are for girl students. The district has an enrolment of 224,487 in public sector schools.