Bakot
Bakot | |
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Bakot Bakot | |
| Coordinates: 34°5′39″N 73°29′9″E / 34.09417°N 73.48583°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Abbottabad |
| Tehsil | Abbottabad |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,466 |
Bakot is a town of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Murree, at the base of the Miranjani peak.[2] Bakot serves as principal town of the Union Council of the same name. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the town had a population of 17,466.[1][3]
History
In the 1890s Bakot, referred to as Bukot, was mentioned by British geologist Charles Stewart Middlemiss as a village when he was doing a survey of the area as part of his geological fieldwork in Hazara for the colonial era Geological Survey of India.[4]
References
- ^ a b "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT) (see page 7 of 36 for Bakot)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Abbottabad's abandoned colonial reminder
- ^ "Administrative Units of District Abbottabad". District Government Abbottabad website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ The Geology of Hazara and the Black Mountain