Shahpur Dam is located in

Attock District Attock District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city. The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was C ...

on Nandana River in Punjab, Pakistan. The dam is high and has a storage capacity of . With the recent development in the surroundings, the dam has now become a popular picnic spot for locals as well as for the people of nearby cities.

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The dam site is located in

Fateh Jang Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil (Punjabi and ur, ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil), of Attock District in the Punjab province of Pakistan lying between 33°10′ and 33°45′ North, and 72°23′ and 73°1′ East. The tehsil is administratively s ...

near

Kala Chitta Range Kala Chitta Range (in Punjabi and ur, ''Kālā Chiṭṭā'') is a mountain range in the Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan. Kala- Chitta are Punjabi words meaning Kala the Black and Chitta means the white. The range thrusts eastward acro ...

in Attock District, at around away from Islamabad and North of

Fateh Jang Fateh Jang (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in Attock District of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is located from Attock City, and nearly southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital near M1 motorway. Overview The city is located in between Kala Chi ...

. The dam was commissioned by Small Dams Organization, Government of Punjab in 1982 and was completed in 1986 at a cost of PKR 36.5 million.

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