Sakesar ( Punjabi , Urdu : سكيسر) is the highest mountain in the Salt Range in Punjab, Pakistan . Its height is 1,525 metres (5,003 ft). It lies on the outer fringes of the Soon Valley in Khushab District in the Punjab province. The small village of Sakesar is named after the mountain and Uchhali Lake is just below it.
9-541: The mountain used to be the summer headquarters for the deputy commissioners of three districts: Campbellpur (now Attock), Mianwali , and Sargodha . The Pakistan Air Force selected it in the late 1950s as the site for a high-powered radar which would provide air defence cover for the northeastern part of the western wing. The hilltop of Sakesar is located in the Salt Range, starting from Sohawa (in Jhelum District ) in
18-602: Is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan, created in April 1903. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Attock District is 2,133,005 (2.1 million). The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was Campbellpur . Today the district consists of 6 tehsils: Attock , Fateh Jang , Hazro , Hassan Abdal , Jand and Pindi Gheb . It
27-405: Is divided into following six tehsils : (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) The District contains a total of 72 Union Councils . Attock has a total of 1,287 government schools out of which 51 percent (657 schools) are for female students. The district has an enrolment of 224,487 in public sector schools. Ghebi Ghebī ( Hindko :گھیبی) is a dialect of Hindko , spoken in
36-592: Is located in the north of the Punjab province, bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest, Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest, and Swabi and Haripur to the north. The original name of Attock District was Attock. It was changed to Campbellpur after the Commander-in-Chief of British forces Sir Colin Campbell , who rebuilt the city of Campbellpur. The name Attock
45-572: The east and spreading westward. A World Wide Fund for Nature survey carried out in September 2001 noted over 60 species of birds (some of them rare ones) and 10 species of mammals in and around Sakesar. A pre-Islamic Hindu temple is located on Sakesar near the Amb Shareef village. The temple complex, built in brick and mortar, consists of two temples facing each other. The main temple has several storeys, roughly 15 to 20 meters high. About 75 meters to
54-658: The north-west of the Pakistani province of Punjab . In the early 20th century Grierson assigned it to his "North-Western Lahnda" group, whereas Shackle writing in 1980 placed it within Hindko "proper" alongside Chacchī and Avāṅkārī . Ghebi is mainly spoken in Pindi Gheb and Fateh Jang Tehsils of Attock District and adjacent areas within Mianwali District and Chakwal District . This article about Indo-Aryan languages
63-671: The percentages were 87% for Punjabi, 8.3% for Pashto and 1.1% Urdu . The Pashtun population of the area lie in the northern villages of the district such as in the area of Chach valley are the Yusufzai , Barakzai , Ghilzai , Akakhel , Tareen , Dilazak , Lodi and Sadozai . The Punjabi dialect of the eastern Fateh Jang Tehsil is called Sohāī̃ and belongs to the Dhani dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi ) and of Attock (sometimes called Chhachi ) have been classified as part of Hindko . The district of Attock
72-484: The west is a smaller temple, which is two storeys or 7 to 8 meters high. Pakistan Television 's re-broadcasting centre is located in the area to provide terrestrial transmissions coverage to adjoining areas. This article about a location in Khushab District , Punjab, Pakistan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Attock District Attock District ( Urdu and Punjabi : ضلع اٹک )
81-402: Was restored in 1978. As per the 2023 census Islam is the predominant religion with 99.3% of the population. Languages of Attock district (2023) In the 2023 census, 65.23% of the population identified their first language as Punjabi , 14.45% as Hindko , 15.59% as Pashto and 2.68% as Urdu . In the previous census of 1998, the multiple-choice question did not have an option for Hindko;
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