Bakot
Town in Pakistan
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Bakot is a town of Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Murree, at the base of the Miranjani peak.[2] Bakot serves as principal town of the Union Council of the same name. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the town had a population of 17,466.[1][3]
Bakot | |
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  Bakot  Bakot | |
| Coordinates: 34°5′39″N 73°29′9″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Abbottabad |
| Tehsil | Abbottabad |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,466 |
History
In the 1890s Bakot, referred to as Bukot, was mentioned by British geologist Charles Stewart Middlemiss as a village when he was doing a survey of the area as part of his geological fieldwork in Hazara for the colonial era Geological Survey of India.[4]
