Havelian
Havelian
حویلیاں | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Havelian  Havelian | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′11.00″N 73°09′12.00″E / 34.0530556°N 73.1533333°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| District | Abbottabad District |
| Province | Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,481 (Geonames) |
| Postal code | 22500 |
Havelian is the second largest municipality in the Abbottabad District, in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the headquarters for Havelian Tehsil. The word literally translates into English as "mansions". The outskirts of the city are also home to one of the largest ordnance factories of Pakistan, Pakistan Ordnance Factories Havelian. An ordnance depot also exists in the vicinity of the city and the factory.
Geography
Havelian is located on the Karakoram Highway and on the banks of Dor River, about 15.5 kilometers south west of Abbottabad.[1]
Languages
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A large population of Havelian speaks Hindko Pahari, Gojri Potohari & Kashmiri. However, due to deteriorating law and order situation on the western borders of Pakistan, the Pushtuns from FATA have also settled in and around Havelian causing Pashtu to be widely spoken throughout Havelian. Also, an influx of refugees from Afghanistan has brought the Afghan dialect of Persian and Dari to district Havelian.
Transport
Havelian's main public transport consist of auto rickshaws, modified Suzuki pickup vehicles, tongs, which can accommodate anywhere from 8 to 13 people at a time. Taxis and automobiles for hire are also available. Vans and buses are frequently used for connecting Havelian to the surrounding cities and towns in the region.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed a groundbreaking ceremony of the Hazara Motorway, the road link of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, on November 29, 2014. The 60-kilometre-long, 4-lane fence opd expressway will cost Rs33 billion. The Hazara Motorway will reduce the drive time from Islamabad to Havelian to just 30 minutes, additionally providing a road to the Havelian Dry Port project. The project anticipates hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities, possibilities of new business ideas, and a socio-economic uplift of the whole region. CM KPK Parveez Khan Khattak announced a bypass from Havelian to Damtor and another bypass from the Havelian city to Havelian Village. The CM also announced a network of roads in Havelian.[2]
Railway
Havelian is the last railway station while traveling to the northern areas of Pakistan in KPK province.
Havelian is the terminus of a branch railway.
In February 2007, consultants investigated the construction of a railway link to China. The line would cross the 4,730m-high Khunjerab pass.[3]
A former railway to the east was cut by partition with India.
Economy
Agriculture and business are the main occupations of the people in Havelian. A significant number of people are also employed in the ordnance factories and ordnance depot, however, the factory boasts its own housing area separate from the old city known as POF Colony
Education
- Lone Mansion, lora mera
- Imperial College of Technology Havelian
- Dar-E-Arqam School Havelian
- Alfalah Public School, Sultanpur
- Pied School System, Havelian
- Allama iqbal public school and college havelian
- Abbottabad University of Science & Technology[4]
- Ayub Public School, Havelian.
- Iqra public school and degree college Havelian
- Sir Syed Public School & College Sultanpur, Havelian
- Government High School, Havelian
- Jinnah Public School, Havelian
- International Public School and College, Havelian
- Al Arqam Academy Of Excellence, Havelian
- The Educators
- Air Foundation School System Havelian
- Government Degree College both for boys and girls Havelian.
- Jinnah college of commerce Havelian
- The Hallmark college Havelian.
- Hira Public School Havelian.
- Madrissa Jamia Anwar ul Islam Sultanpur Havelian
- Madrassa imam Azam Abu Hanifa Muslim Abad Havelian
- Fatima Public School Havelian
- The Rising Sun Public School Havelian Village.
- The Leader College of Science & Technology Havelian.
Religious sites
Shrine of Bawa Syed Abd-ul-Sattar Shah Badshah, Dhari Sharif
Markazi Imam barghah lakamandi Havelian
Markazi Jamia Masjid Al-Hadith Havelian
Makki Masjid, Mohallah Lakarmandi, Havelian
Markazi Jamia Masjid Havelian
Markazi Jamia masjid Siddque Akbar Havelian village
Shrine of Allah dad in moh Khankheil havelain village
Shrine of Shah Abdul Aziz (shankari waly baba G) GT Road sultan pur
Baba Choi wali Sarkar
Markazi Jamia Masjid Gol
Masjid Farouq-e-Azam near Civil Hospital Havelian
Masjid-e-Aqsa (Mohallah Zaman Shah) Havelian
Nearby villages
Villages in the immediate vicinity includes Jhangra, Kashka, Panjgran, Chamnaka, Chehar Sajikot, Phullanwali, Mera Gujrat Haajia, Langra, Lari Siyadain, Malkan, Gohaal, Banda Abdul Jabbar Khan, Banda Bazdaar, Banda Said Khan, Bodla, Deiri Kiyaal, Bandi Attai Khan, Takia Sheikhan, Rajoya, Ghora Bazgraan, Gharhi Phulgran (khan state), Naara, Satora, Moh Matain Dhanger, Sultanpur, Changi Bandi Baldeer, Gujjratan, Hajia Gali, karachh, Kiala(Jadoon state), Batala(Ghujjar, Afridi, Tanoli) Sajawel, Banda Subkhan, Maira, Upper Gujjrat, Khokhar Maira, Muslim Abad (old khota Qabar), Theethaan, Sareela, Barsin, Kokal, Banda Gujjar Abad Solan and Tookaa.jhangra, mohra, mohree, kashka, punjgran.
SULTANPUR;
it is a village of havelian, its location is infront of Pakistan ordinance factory (POF), near Havelian. This place is situated in Abbottabad, N.W.F.P., Pakistan, 34° 3' 0" North, 73° 10' 0" East are its geographical coordinates and its original name (with diacritics) is Haveliān.
References
- ^ Havelian on Google Maps
- ^ Tribune.com
- ^ "Railway Around Islamabad". Archived from the original on 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ Aust.edu.pk
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