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Fort Abbas, Pakistan
فورٹ عباس
Fort Abbas is a town of 83,192 people in Punjab, Pakistan, founded in 1927.
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About Fort Abbas
Fort Abbas (Urdu: فورٹ عبّاس), (Punjabi: فورٹ عباس), formerly Pholra, is a town in Bahawalnagar District in the Cholistan Desert of Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated south of Haroonabad, near Faqirwali, on the border of Pakistan and India. The THQ Fort Abbas is playing a great role in public health. Famous living places of Fort Abbas are Nawab Colony, Pakistan City Town and Gulshan e Naseem.
From the Wikipedia article Fort Abbas (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The city of Fort Abbas was named by Nawab Sir Sadiq after his eldest son, Muhammad Abbas.
Fort Abbas is a town and tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It lies on the edge of the Cholistan Desert near the border with India. The region is historically significant due to its association with ancient settlements linked to the Ghaggar Hakra river system and later developments during the Bahawalpur princely state.
From the History section of Fort Abbas on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 111 km away.
- Anūpgarh 34 km east, about 34 min by car
- Faqirwali 35 km northeast, about 35 min by car
- 4 Arm (Kharwali) 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
- Harunabad 54 km northeast, about 54 min by car
- 1 Arm (Surjanwali) 57 km southeast, about 57 min by car
- Berīwāla 58 km south, about 58 min by car
- Hasilpur 63 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Chishtian 67 km north, about 1 h by car
- Rāisinghnagar 69 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Dunga Bunga 72 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Fort Abbas; The South Punjab Terminus (12526375333), Muhammad Imran Saeed from City of London, Canada, CC BY 2.0
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