Dhamtour

Dhamtour is a village in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.[1] It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Abbottabad and approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Islamabad at an average elevation of 1,276 metres (4,186 ft) and serves as the main settlement of the Dahamtore Union Council.[2][3]

History

In 1848 during the Second Sikh War, James Abbott marched his men through Dhamtour en route to the Dor Valley in a failed attempt to prevent Chatar Singh from heading northwards from Haripur to Mansehra.[4]

In the 1890s Dhamtour, referred to as Dhumtour, was mentioned by British geologist Charles Stewart Middlemiss 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, he described it as one of a "few large villages" that lay along the course of the Dore river.[5]

Dhamtour itself was described by Middlemiss as "a fairly large village, situated on a flat triangle of gravel and clay terraces, and with a steep descent of 200-300 feet down to the Dore river; these recent accumulations being part of the same continuous valley deposits, which, following the bed of the Dore, ascend gradually by the little stream of the Jub to join up with those of the Abbottabad plain."[5]

Infrastructure

Between July 2023 and June 2025 the National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) completed various important projects both in Pakistan and abroad, one of which was an 18km bypass road that linked the Ayub Bridge in the city of Havelian, Haripur District to Dhamtour.[6] The Havelian-Dhamtour bypass[7] is a route that tourists take to the hilly Galyat areas.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Saqib Ali Khan (30 November 2021). "Cost of Development". Dawn. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Dhamtaur, Pakistan". Falling Rain. Falling Rain Software. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. ^ Table 24: Selected Housing Characteristics of Rural Localities (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2017 (Report). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  4. ^ Allen, Charles (2000). Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier. John Murray.
  5. ^ a b Middlemiss, Charles Stewart (6 January 1896). "The Geology of Hazara and the Black Mountain". HathiTrust. Geological Survey; K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  6. ^ Year Book 2023–24 (PDF) (Report). Government of Pakistan, Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division. 2025. p. 92. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ^ Annual Development Programme 2024–25 (PDF). Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Report). Planning and Development Department. June 2024. p. 318. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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