Also known as Campbellpur
شهری در پنجاب، پاکستان
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Attock
- Settlement.other_name
- Campbellpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top left to right: Attock city view, Attock Fort, Attock River near Akhori, Attock Bridge
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rawalpindi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Attock
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Deputy Commissioner
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Rao Atif Raza
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 4 April 1904
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Attock District
- Population
- 176544
- Elevation
- 359
- Time zone
- Pakistan Standard Time
- Official website
- punjab.gov.pk/attock
- Image
- Attock Fort in 2007.JPG
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- postal code
- 43600
- inception
- 1904-00-00
- native label
- اٹک
- P12749
- Luguelín Santos
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Travel guide
Get in
Attock is an 80km drive from Rawalpindi and 100km from Peshawar. From the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, it's about 10km.
See
Just a few km outside of Attock city lies the small community of Attock Khurd (Little Attock). Sometimes called "the Gateway to Central Asia", this small town boasts the remains of a 16th-century fort, built by Akhbar the Great to protect passage of the Indus. The "Old Attock Bridge" over the river is one of the most strategic and commercial crossings on the Indus river between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
Do
There is a lot to do in Attock. Some parks in Attock are: Jinah Park Asfanyar Railway Park Wah Garden
Eat
It's traditional to eat peanuts in this district.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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