Attock
Attock is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the national capital Islamabad.
Attock is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the national capital Islamabad. The headquarters of the Attock District, it is the 36th largest city in the Punjab and the 61st largest city in the country, by population. The city was founded in 1908 several miles southeast of the historical city of Attock Khurd, which had been established by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century, and was initially named in honour of Sir Colin Campbell.
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Worth seeing in and around Attock
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project
Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project is a 1,450 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Indus River in Pakistan. It is located about 10 km west of Attock in the Punjab province.
10 km · dam in Pakistan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Just a few km outside of Attock city lies the small community of Attock Khurd (Little Attock). Sometimes called "the Gateway to Central Asia", this small town boasts the remains of a 16th-century fort, built by Akhbar the Great to protect passage of the Indus.
- 01Attock Fort
Built during the reign of Akbar the Great from 1581 to 1583 to protect the passage of the River Indus.
From Wikivoyage: Attock, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
There is a lot to do in Attock. Some parks in Attock are: Jinah Park Asfanyar Railway Park Wah Garden
From Wikivoyage: Attock, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
It's traditional to eat peanuts in this district.
From Wikivoyage: Attock, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Attock
- Airports
- Islamabad (ISB), 49 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 83 km · Srinagar (SXR), 224 km
- Stations
- Attock City Junction railway station, 1.6 km · Kanjur railway station, 5.4 km · Sanjwal Cantonment railway station, 6.6 km · Sanjwal railway station, 8.4 km
- Peshawar → Attock77 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · ₨710–950
- Sialkot → Attock247 km · quickest by road, 5h 15m · ₨2,310–3,070
- Faisalabad → Attock270 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · ₨2,770–3,700
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No local-transport research exists yet for Attock
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Attock. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Attock
Attock is 36 km from Wah Cantt, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.