Attock District

Infobox Pakistan district
district = Attock District
area = 6,857
population = 1,274,935
pop_year = 1988
density = 186
established = 1904
caption = Attock is located in the north of Punjab.
nazim = Maj.(r) Tahir Sadiq
naib_nazim = Malik Sameen khan
tehsils = 6
languages = Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu
website = www.attocknews.com

Attock District (Urdu: اٹک) is a district in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The district was created in 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India. Attock District is bordered by the Haripur and Swabi districts of North-West Frontier Province to the north, the district of Rawalpindi to the east, the district of Chakwal to the southeast, the district of Mianwali to the southwest, and North-West Frontier Province districts of Kohat and Nowshera to the west and northwest. The river Indus forms the western boundary of the district. Attock District was originally named Campbellpur after the Briton Sir Campbell who founded the city of Campbellpore. The name of the district was changed to Attock as of 1978. [cite web
url=http://www.attockpolice.gov.pk/go.asp?PageID=4
title=Official Website
publisher=Attock Police
accessdate=2007-07-03]
Attock city is the district headquarters. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the district had a population of 1,274,935 of which 20.45% were urban, [cite web
url=http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm
title=Pakistan: Population 1901-98
publisher=Urban Resource Centre
accessdate=2007-07-03] The estimated population in 2008 was 1.58 million. The Awans, Pathans, Khattars, Gujjars, Rajput, Mughals and Shaikhs are the main tribes of Attock District. [ [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/herald/herald30.htm District Profile: Central Punjab- Attock] ]

Geography and climate

Attock District has a climate of hot summers and cold winters. The northern part of the district is more humid and is more moderate in climate relative to the southern part of the district due to the higher altitude. Geographically, the district is mainly hills, plateaus and dissected plains. The Indus River flows on the northern and western borders of the district. After Haripur, the Haro River passes through the north of the tehsil of Attock where there is a flood plain with fertile soil. The District's average annual rainfall is 783 mm.

Chhachh

Chhachh is a geographical region in the northern section of Attock District and south-west Hazara. Chhachh is a plain which rolls from the Hazara-Gandhara Hills south to Kamra, and from east of the Indus to the broken lands near Lawrencepur. It is the most fertile area of the Rawalpindi Division. It is known to be one of the most beautiful region in Pakistan due to its varied topography. It is a valley surrounded by mountains from three sides and Indus river from one side.Almost 50% of the population of this area are of Hindko origin, who speak Hindko,a dialect of western Punjabi. The remaining population consists of Awans, Sayyeds, Gujjars and other pathans ,tribes.

Resources

Dhullian is a village in Pindigheb Tehsil. This village has important resources namely Oil and Gas. It has been providing oil since the 1930s. There are all types of soil as mountains, plain areas fertile grounds and it also has a river flowing through it. There is a famous Ghala Mandi located in Dhullian Chowk. Here 90% of the total population area agricultural. This historical village is located at the end of Attock District.

Administration

The district of Attock is administratively subdivided into six tehsils, each with an elected Nazim:

enators

The district has been represented in the Senate of Pakistan by the following senators:

*Sardar Mehmood Advocate [ [http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=402&CatCode=0&CatName= Senate of Pakistan] ]
*PPP Central Leader Malik Hakmeen Khan [ [http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=493&CatCode=0&CatName= Senate of Pakistan] ]

Education

PBTE Affiliate Institutions
*Tameer-e-Millat Institute of Technology, City of Education, Ratwal, Fatehjang

HEC Affiliate Institutes
*COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock Campus

*GPI Attock
*Virtual University Campus Attock.
*Govt. Degree College Attock
*Govt. College for Women Attock
*Govt. College, Attock
*Govt. Commercial Training Institute, Attock
*Govt. College of Commerce, Attock

Popular Places of Attock

* Mansar

ee also

* Punjab Province
* Districts of Pakistan

References