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Attock Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل اٹک ) is one of the six tehsils (subdivisions) of Attock District in the Punjab province of Pakistan[1]. It lies between 33º38' and 34º0' N. and 72º7' and 72º50' E, with an area of 651 square miles. The Indus bounds it on the north-west, dividing it from the North-West Frontier Province, while the Haro flows through from east to west. The north-west corner is occupied by the fertile Chach plain. South of this lies a dry sandy plain, beyond which rises the Kala-Chitta range. The eastern half consists of the tract known as the Nala, which includes, along with a number of low hills and much broken country, a considerable area of fairly good level land, portions of which are irrigated from wells and by cuts from the Haro and other smaller streams[2].
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According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India:
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"The population in 1901 was 150,550 compared with 141,063 in 1891. It contains the towns of Attock (population, 2,822), its present head-quarters, HAZRO (9,799), the cantonment of CAMPBELLPORE (5,036), the head-quarters of the District; and 191 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1-9lakhs. HASSAN ABDAL, is a place of historical interest.[2] |
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