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Attock
ضلع اٹک
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
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E / 33.766000; 72.360889
CountryAttock District Pakistan
ProvinceAttock District Punjab
DivisionRawalpindi
HeadquartersAttock
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • MayorMalik Tahir Awan, PTI
 • Deputy CommissionerImran Hamid Sheikh (BPS-19 PAS)
 • District Police OfficerDr. Sardar Ghias Gul Khan (BPS-19 PSP)
Area
 • Total6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi)
Elevation
355 m (1,165 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total2,170,423
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
LanguagesPunjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu
No. of Tehsils6
TehsilsAttock
Fateh Jang
Hazro
Hassan Abdal
Jand
Pindi Gheb
Websiteattock.punjab.gov.pk

Attock District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.

The district was created in April 1904[2] 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.[3]

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprinted version: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 1989
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NRB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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