Attock District
Attock
ضلع اٹک | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Attock Fort, Inderkot Mosque, Begum ki Sarai, Wah Mughal Gardens, Gurdwara Panja Sahib | |
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| Established | April 1904 |
| Headquarters | Attock |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Rao Atif Raza |
| Area | |
| 6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| 2,133,005 | |
| • Density | 316.5/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 623,984 (29.25%) |
| • Rural | 1,546,439 (70.75%) |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Area code | 057 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-PB |
| Languages | Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu |
| No. of Tehsils | 6 |
| Tehsils | Attock Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil Hazro Tehsil Hassan Abdal Jand Tehsil Pindi Gheb Tehsil |
| Website | attock |
Attock District ( Punjabi/Urduضلع اٹک:), known as Campbellpur District during British Raj, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in north western Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Attock District is 2,133,005 (2.1 million), making it the 23rd most populous district of the province behind Rajanpur district and overall the 37th most populous district in Pakistan.