Fort Abbas Tehsil

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{{Nastaliq|تحصِيل فورٹ عباس}}

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| settlement_type = Tehsil

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| map_caption = Location of Fort Abbas Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan

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| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Punjab, Pakistan}} Punjab

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Bahawalnagar

| seat = Fort Abbas

| seat_type = Headquarters

| area_total_km2 = 2,536

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| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_1_punjab_districts.pdf|title=DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB|date=2018-01-03|access-date=2018-04-24|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031911/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/BAHAWALNAGAR_SUMMARY.pdf|archive-date=2018-04-25|url-status=dead}}

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| population_total = 510,253

| population_rural = 376,188 (73.73%)

| population_urban = 134065 (26.27%)

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Fort Abbas ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|تحصِيل فورٹ عباس}}}}) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan.

History

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.{{cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/17-Jun-2016/ancient-hakra-forts-victim-of-officials-neglect|title=Ancient Hakra forts victim of officials neglect|last=Khan|first=Sohail|newspaper=The Nation|publisher=Nawa-i-Waqt|date=2016-06-17|access-date=2018-05-14}}

Geography

Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 km².{{cite web|url=http://pmdfc.org.pk/Content/Uploads/planning-report-bahawalnagar.pdf|publisher=Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP)|title=PLANNING REPORT BAHAWALNAGAR 2008|year=2008|access-date=2018-05-02}}

=Adjacent tehsils=

Haroonabad Tehsil (northeast)
Anupgarh Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (northeast)
Gharsana Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast)
Khajuwala Tehsil, Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India (southwest)
Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west)

Demographics

= Population =

{{Historical populations|1951|64749|1961|102362|1972|136060|1981|195476|1998|285596|2017|422,768|2023|510,253|align=center|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://repository.lahoreschool.edu.pk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/13673/Administrative%20Units.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}

As of the 2023 census, Fort Abbas Tehsil had a population of 510,253. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 422,768 people living in Fort Abbas Tehsil in 67,121 households. Its population in 1998 was 285,596.{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/PAKISTAN%20TEHSIL%20WISE%20FOR%20WEB%20CENSUS_2017.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021641/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/PAKISTAN%20TEHSIL%20WISE%20FOR%20WEB%20CENSUS_2017.pdf|title=PROVINCE WISE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF CENSUS - 2017|access-date=2018-05-02|archive-date=2017-11-07|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|year=2017}}

References

Category:Bahawalnagar District

Category:Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan