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Coordinates: 33°54′26″N, 72°18′40″E

Attock (Urdu: اٹک) is a district and city in Pakistan located in the northern border of the province Punjab. It is a border district on the river Indus. The district is named after a historic town on Indus river with same name.

1 History
2 Organisation
3 Weather
4 See also

[edit] History

Attock District was constituted in 1904. The district was named Campbellpur after Sir Campbell who laid the foundation stone of Campbellpur City in 1908 a few kilometers south-east of old Attock Khurd town. The name Attock was adopted in 1978 for the city.

Attock Khurd has a rich history. The great mathematician and grammarian Panini was born here in 520 BC. Akbar the Great built the fort in 1581; it has seen countless battles and skirmishes etween the Sikhs and the Afghans.

Attock has a history of first oil well in Khore in 1946 and has an oil and gas field Dakhini near Jand.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Organisation

Covering an area of 6857 square kilometers Attock have following six tehsils (sub-districts).

Attock
Jand
Fateh Jang
Pindi Gheb
Hassanabdal
Hazro

Prominent areas in the district are Attock, Jand, Fatehjang, Pindigheb, Hasanabdal, Hazro, Chach, Chhachh, Ghorghushti, Kamra, Sanjwal, Daurdad, Attock Khurd, Attock Fort, Kala Chitta, Attock Cantt, Shadi Khan, Mukhad, Sarwana, Malhoo, Nartopa, Bangi, Daman, and Kund National Park, Thatta.

[edit] Weather

Attock has extreme hot and cold climate. The maximum temperature reaches 40°C. The northern part is more humid with comparatively moderate climate as compared to the southern part. The land is mainly hills, plateaus, and dissected plains with the river Indus flowing on the western and northern sides of the district; the river Haro comes from Haripur and passes through the Attock tehsil on the north of the Kala Chitta Range. The area north of the river Haro is a flood plain with fertile soil. The average annual rainfall in the district is 783 mm = 30.83 inches.