Abbottabad Central

Abbottabad Central
Union Council
Abbottabad Central
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Tehsil	Abbottabad
Government
• Nazim	Shoukat Ali
• Naib Nazim	Jabar Hussai Siddiqui
Population
• Total	27,915

Abbottabad Central (سنترال ) is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[1] Located in Abbottabad city, the capital of the district, it borders the following union councils: Malikpura Urban to the north and west, by Salhad to the south and by Dhamtour to the east.

This area comprises the main Old Town of Abbottabad , established originally during British colonial rule, in 1853, and its immediate suburbs.^[2]

Some of the main interesting places falling within this area include:

• The Old British Cantonment, along with the Frontier Force Regiment center, the Baloch Regiment center, the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan) headquarters and other military installations.
• The famous old St. Luke's Church, Abbottabad (established 1864) and the historic Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad.
• The Panj Peer Shrine, or 'Shrine of the Five Saints', associated with Sufis of the Chishti Order^[3]
• The Ladies' Garden park
• The old Saddar/Cantonment Bazaar

References

1. District Government Abbottabad
2. Abbottabad, NWFP: A Tourists' Guide Pub Peshawar: Government of NWFP, Tourism Department, 1993, pp 1-3
3. Not to be confused with the famous Panj peer saints of the Punjab

Coordinates: 34°09′00″N 73°13′00″E / 34.1500°N 73.2167°E