Attock Tehsil | |
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 View ofAttock Fort | |
  Attock Tehsil | |
| Coordinates:33°46′0″N72°22′0″E / 33.76667°N 72.36667°E /33.76667; 72.36667 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Attock |
| Population | |
• Total | 434,705[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Attock Tehsil (Punjabi andUrdu:تحصیل اٹک) is one of the sixtehsils ofAttock District in thePunjab Province ofPakistan.[1]
TheIndus River bounds it on the north-west, dividing it from theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, while theHaro River flows through from east to west.[2]
The north-west corner is occupied by the fertileChach Valley. South of this lies a dry sandy plain, beyond which rises theKala Chitta Range. The eastern half consists of the tract known as the Nala, which includes, along with a number of low hills and much broken country, a considerable area of fairly good level land, portions of which are irrigated from wells and by cuts from the Haro and other smaller streams.[3]
The district according to theImperial Gazetteer of India:
"The population in 1901 was 150,550 compared with 141,063 in 1891. It contains the towns ofAttock (population, 2,822),Hazro (9,799), the cantonment of Campbellpur (5,036) and 191 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 9lakhs.Hasan Abdal, is a place of historical interest.[3]
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