Fort Abbas Tehsil

Fort Abbas () 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.

Geography

Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 km².

Adjacent tehsils

• Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west)
• Haroonabad Tehsil (northeast)
• Anupgarh, Gharsana, and Khajuwala Tehsils of India in the northeast, southeast and southwest, respectively

Demographics

Population

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.

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