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# Attock

Attock is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the national capital Islamabad.

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## Every way there

- Peshawar → Attock 77 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · ₨710–950 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/peshawar-to-attock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Peshawar&to=Attock)
- Sialkot → Attock 247 km · quickest by road, 5h 15m · ₨2,310–3,070 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sialkot-to-attock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sialkot&to=Attock)
- Faisalabad → Attock 270 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · ₨2,770–3,700 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/faisalabad-to-attock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Faisalabad&to=Attock)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Attock, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Attock has

- Y Scheduled flights Attock (ISB), 49 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Jahangira, 26 km.

33.767°, 72.367°

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.

Get in

## Getting to Attock

Attock is an 80km drive from Rawalpindi and 100km from Peshawar. From the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, it's about 10km.

1. Attock City Junction

See

## Worth seeing

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.

1. Attock Fort Built during the reign of Akbar the Great from 1581 to 1583 to protect the passage of the River Indus.

Do

## Things to do

There is a lot to do in Attock. Some parks in Attock are: Jinah Park Asfanyar Railway Park Wah Garden

Eat

## Where to eat

It's traditional to eat peanuts in this district.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attock) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Attock), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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