Kakul

Kakul
Union council
Kakul
Coordinates: 34°11′N 73°15′E / 34.183°N 73.250°E / 34.183; 73.250
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Tehsil	Abbottabad
Population
• Total	17,411

Kakul is a town situated in the Kakul Valley at an elevation of 1300 metres, 5 km northeast of Abbottabad city near the Thandiani Hills, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The population is around 30,000.

History

Kakul was a rural area prior to the establishment of a Boer Prisoner of War camp here during the Boer War, circa 1899-1902, by the (then) Government of British India^[1] which site was placed under the official management of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles. Later on, the POW camp was converted into an army mountaineering and PT school until 1947-48, and a portion of it also remained the offices of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC). It was this site, which was later chosen for the new post-independence Pakistan Military Academy, which is located in the eastern side of the valley.

Administration

The township of Kakul is the headquarters of Kakul Union Council. The Union Council is divided into the following areas: Aspadar, takia,(Dakhan) Maraseadah Bandian,Bilal Park Kakul , Malach, Balolia, Kakul, Mandroch Kalan, Mandroch Khurd, Nawansher Janoobi and Nawansher Shamali.

References

↑ Parrett, C. 'Boer POWs at Kakul, Abbottabad' in Durbar: Journal of the IMHS, Vol 28, No 1, Spring 2011, p. 3-8, Pub. UK, by the Indian Military Historical Society

Administrative divisions of Abbottabad District

Capital	Abbottabad

Tehsils	Abbottabad and Havelian

Union councils	Abbottabad Central Sheikh-ul-Bandi Bagh Bagnotar Bakot Baldheri Bandi Atti Khan Banda Pir Khan Beerangali Berote Kalan Boi Chamhad Dalola Dewal Manal Dhamtour Ghari Phulgran Goreeni Haveliani Urban Jarral Shareef Jhangi Jhangra Kakul Kehal Urban Kukmang Kuthiala Kuthwal Langra Langrial Lora Malikpura Urban Mirpur Mojohan Nagri Bala Nagri Totial Nambal Namli Maira Nara Nathia Gali Nawansher Urban Palak Pattan Kalan Pawa Phalkot Phallah Pind Kargu Khan Salhad Sarbhana Seer Gharbi Seer Sharqi Bhattian Sherwan Tajwal

Coordinates: 34°11′N 73°15′E / 34.183°N 73.250°E / 34.183; 73.250

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