Abbottabad
Sign in to saveAbbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district. It is about north of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and east of Peshawar, at an elevation of . Kashmir lies a short distance to the east.
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Abbottabad is a major city in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, located between Islamabad and Peshawar at a high elevation near the Kashmir border. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and serves as the administrative headquarters for its district and tehsil.
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Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district. It is about north of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and east of Peshawar, at an elevation of . Kashmir lies a short distance to the east.
==Etymology== The name combines the name of the city founder, Major James Abbott, and the Persian ending ābād, meaning "settlement, town of". Abbottabad is one of two cities named after British army officers in Pakistan, the other being Jacobabad.