Jand is located in the south-western part of
Attock District
Attock District ( Punjabi/Urdu), known as Campbellpur District during British Raj, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in north western Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Att ...
in the
Punjab
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province of
Pakistan
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, 100 km from
Islamabad
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. It lies on
border
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of Punjab with
KPK. The
Indus
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river is about 5 km from Jand City. It is surrounded by Pari, Dundi Jiswaal, Marri, Jalwaal
Saghri and Kundrala.
The town is the headquarters of
Jand Tehsil
Jand Tehsil (in Urdu/ Punjabi: تحصیل جنڈ ) is a tehsil of Attock District in Punjab Province of Pakistan
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, the administrative subdivision, of the district.
It lies to the south of the district capital
Attock
Attock ( Punjabi, ), formerly known as Campbellpur (Punjabi, ), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the country's capital Islamabad. It is the headquarters of the Attock District and is 36th largest city in the Punjab and 61st largest c ...
.
Jand is located on the eastern (left) bank of the Indus River and is known for its fertile agricultural land with more than 70,000 population.
References
Cities and towns in Attock District
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