Attock is a District city of Punjab. It is located in Pakistan. There are six tehsils in Attock district. The nazim of Attock district is Maj Tahir Sadiq and naib nazim is Malik Muhammad Sameen Khan. It has spread in the area of about to 2647.4 sq mi. The elevation of Attock district is 9049 foot. The time zoon of Attock district is PST. Attock was made the district in nineteen hundred four. ..
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In Attock there are many historical places. The original name of the Attock was Campbellpur and it was changed to Attock in nineteen seventy eight. The city Attock is a District headquarters.
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Attock is near to the Swabi and Haripur; these are the Districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in N. In the east of Attock district is Rawalpindi district, in southeast is Chakwal and in southwest is Mianwali. .
Attock district has a weather of cold winters and hot summers. In Attock there are mostly hills and some places are plains. The Indus River is in northern and western at the border of Attock district. The average rainfall in Attock District is seven hundred and eighty three mile meter...
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Estimated in nineteen ninety eight, the population of Attock district was 1274934 and in two thousand and eight was one point fifty eight million. Attock has majority population of Muhajirs and they are living in old quarters. The fifty percent population of Attock is Pukhtuns. There are almost villages of Pathans in Attock and they speak Pashto. Other tribes of Attock are Sayyeds, Gujjars, Bangash, Khattar, Awans, Rajput, Qureshis, Shaikhs and Mughals....
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There was mix religiousness in Attock district before 1947. The population of Hindus in Attock district; that recorded in 1930 was 8.5%.
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The history of Attock district is same to the Rawalpindi district. The tehsils of Attock district; Pindi Gheb and Fatahjang have transferred from the Rawalpindi District and Talagang has transferred from the Jehlam..
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The fort of the Attock was completed in fifteen eighty three under the Akbar. (GT) road was built in this period..
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There are six tehsils of Attock district (Attock, Fateh Jang, Hassan Abdal, Jand, Pindi Gheb and Hazro). |
