Attock District

Attock ضلع اٹک
District of Punjab
Clockwise from top-left: Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Inderkot Mosque, Begum ki Sarai, Wah Mughal Gardens, Attock Fort
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E / 33.766000; 72.360889
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Rawalpindi
Headquarters	Attock
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Mayor	Malik Tahir Awan, PTI
• Deputy Commissioner	Imran Hamid Sheikh (BPS-19 PAS)
• District Police Officer	Dr. Sardar Ghias Gul Khan (BPS-19 PSP)
Area
• Total	6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi)
Elevation	355 m (1,165 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	2,170,423
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Languages	Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu
No. of Tehsils	6
Tehsils	Attock Fateh Jang Hazro Hassan Abdal Jand Pindi Gheb
Website	attock.punjab.gov.pk

Attock District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.

The district was created in April 1904^[2] by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was Campbellpur. Today the district consists of 6 tehsils: Attock, Fateh Jang, Hazro, Hassan Abdal, Jand and Pindi Gheb.^[3]

It is located in the north of the Punjab province, bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest, Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest, and Swabi and Haripur to the north.