What is "abbottabad"

n. A city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.

Abbottabad ( or ) ( Urdu, ) is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in northeastern Pakistan. The city is situated in north of the capital Islamabad, from Rawalpindi and northeast of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District. Kashmir lies to the east of the city. The city is well known throughout Pakistan for its pleasant weather, for being the last home of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, high-standard educational institutions and Military Establishment Pakistan Military Academy Kakul. It remains a popular hill station attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

"Abbottabad" is a poem by Major James Abbott (1807–1896) who wrote the work about his experience of living in the area before leaving it. He was impressed by beauty of the area. The Pakistani city Abbottabad, which he founded (then capital of the Hazara District of British India), is named after him. A plaque commemorating his poem is displayed at Lady Garden Park within the city.

Abbottabad is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Abbottabad may also refer to:

• Abbottabad Tehsil, administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Abbottabad District, district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Abbottabad (poem), by Major James Abbott