Attock District
Attock District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.
Attock
ضلع اٹک | |
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District of Punjab | |
Clockwise from top-left: Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Inderkot Mosque, Begum ki Sarai, Wah Mughal Gardens, Attock Fort | |
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| Headquarters | Attock |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Mayor | Malik Tahir Awan, PTI |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Imran Hamid Sheikh (BPS-19 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Dr. Sardar Ghias Gul Khan (BPS-19 PSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 2,170,423 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Languages | Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu |
| No. of Tehsils | 6 |
| Tehsils | Attock Fateh Jang Hazro Hassan Abdal Jand Pindi Gheb |
| Website | attock |
The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was Campbellpur. Today the district consists of 6 tehsils: Attock, Fateh Jang, Hazro, Hassan Abdal, Jand and Pindi Gheb.
It is located in the north of the Punjab province, bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest, Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest, and Swabi and Haripur to the north.
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