Bakot

Bakot
Town
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Coordinates: 34°5′39″N73°29′9″E / 34.09417°N 73.48583°E / 34.09417; 73.48583
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Tehsil	Abbottabad
Population  (2017 Census of Pakistan) [1]
• Total	17,466

Bakot is a town of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It lies 45 kilometres north of Murree at the base of the Miranjani peak. ^[2] It is the chief town of the Union Council of the same name, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population is 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

1. "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.
2. Abbottabad’s abandoned colonial reminder
3. "Administrative Units of District Abbottabad". District Government Abbottabad website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
4. The Geology of Hazara and the Black Mountain