Abbottabad Central (سنترال ) is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] Located in Abbottabad city, the capital of the district, it borders the following union councils: Malikpura Urban to the north and west, by Salhad to the south and by Dhamtour to the east.
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Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Abbottabad |
Tehsil | Abbottabad |
Population | |
• Total | 107,654 |
Website | www.amazonesouq.com |
This area comprises the main Old Town of Abbottabad, established originally during British colonial rule, in 1853, and its immediate suburbs.[2]
Some of the main interesting places falling within this area include:
- The Old British Cantonment, along with the Frontier Force Regiment center, the Baloch Regiment center, the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan) headquarters and other military installations.
- The famous old St. Luke's Church, Abbottabad (established 1864) and the historic Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad.
- The Panj Peer Shrine, or 'Shrine of the Five Saints', associated with Sufis of the Chishti Order[3]
- The Ladies' Garden Park
- The old Saddar/Cantonment Bazaar
References
edit- ^ District Government Abbottabad Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Abbottabad, NWFP: A Tourists' Guide Pub Peshawar: Government of NWFP, Tourism Department, 1993, pp 1-3
- ^ Not to be confused with the famous Panj peer saints of the Punjab
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