Abbottabad is a city and the capital of the Hazara Division in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, serving as the headquarters of its eponymous tehsil and district. According to the 2023 census, Abbottabad had a population of 234,395. The city sits at an elevation of about 1,256 meters, roughly 120 kilometers north of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi area and 150 kilometers east of Peshawar.
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Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude34.155833 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Abbottabad (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section
The city is located about 120 km (75 mi) north of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi area and 150 km (95 mi) east of Peshawar, at an elevation of about 1,256 m (4,121 ft).
History section
Abbottabad was founded in 1853 during British rule and was named after James Abbott, the first deputy commissioner of Hazara.
article header coordinates
34°9′21″N 73°13′10″E
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Abbottabad - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1185056
34.1463 73.21168 P PPLA2 PK 03 1185055 275890 1241 Asia/Karachi
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1241 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 73.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 73.25
34.25 73.25 Cfa
Wikidata: Abbottabad
- Wikidata Q170315, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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