Fort Abbas (Urdu: تحصِيل فورٹ عباس) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Fort Abbas Tehsil
تحصِيل فورٹ عباس | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Region | Punjab |
District | Bahawalnagar |
Headquarters | Fort Abbas |
Area | |
• Tehsil | 2,536 km2 (979 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Tehsil | 423,529 |
• Urban | 61,665 |
• Rural | 361,864 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
The area currently encompassed by Fort Abbas Tehsil was a thriving center of ancient Hakra civilization. A survey of the Cholistan region from 1947 to 1977 dated Hakra ceramics to 5000 BCE.[2]
Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 km2.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 64,749 | — |
1961 | 102,362 | +4.69% |
1972 | 136,060 | +2.62% |
1981 | 195,476 | +4.11% |
1998 | 285,596 | +2.26% |
2017 | 423,529 | +2.10% |
Source: [4][3] |
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 423,529 people living in Fort Abbas Tehsil and 67,121 households. Its population in 1998 was 285,596.[5]