Pabbi (Pashto: پبى ; ⓘUrdu: پبی ) is a large town in ⓘPabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1][2] It is located on both sides of the Grand Trunk (GT) around 20-km from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province.[3]
Pabbi
تحصیل پبی پبى | |
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Pabbi Location within Pakistan Pabbi Pabbi (Pakistan) | |
Coordinates: 34°00′36″N 71°47′51″E / 34.01000°N 71.79750°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Nowshera |
Elevation | 299 m (981 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Pabbi town is the capital and tehsil headquarters of Pabbi tehsil in Nowshera District. It has a train station called Pabbi station[4] and is a market town. Peshawar City is located to the west around 20-km away while Nowshera City is located to the east around 17-km away.[5]
Pabbi is a hub of precast concrete industries located at the main GT road in Chowki Mumraiz. Currently, there are 43 precast concrete industries that are functional in Pabbi which supply different items to the entire Khyber Paktunkhwa and to some parts of the Punjab.[citation needed]
Topography Pabbi is located in the Valley of Peshawar, near the mountain range of Hindu kash on one side & River Kabul on the other side. The mountain range Hindu Kush is fomouse for its beautifule weather.
The primary native language spoken is Pashto, though English is used in the educational institutions, while Urdu is understood throughout the city - as the national language.
100 % Muslim Populations.
Pabbi hosted one of the largest number of afghan refugees during the Soviet Afghan War in 80,s with one of the world largest refugees camp in Pabbi. Still a very large number of Afghan refugees are living in Pabbi.
Pabbi is home to many excellent educational institutes. It hosts a campus of the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.[7]
It has a campus of the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar in Jelozai town while it also has a campus of Peshawar University for its botany studies and research at botanical garden Azakhel.[citation needed]
It is also home to 2 degree colleges: Government Degree College Pabbi[8] and Government Girls Degree College Pabbi.[9]