Dewal Manal
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Dewal Manal | |
|---|---|
 Dewal Manal is located in Abbottabad District | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Abbottabad |
| Tehsil | Havelian |
| Government | |
| • Nazim | Vacant [1] |
| • Naib Nazim | Vacant |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,951 |
Dewal Manal is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2]
The village of Dewal Manal is situated in the Dhun <دهن> valley, the word dewal came from an Urdu word Dewalia <ديواليه>, meaning 'bankrupt', which was attached to this locale due to many wars and other disasters. The villages here have been destroyed many times. During British rule the area was initially a major command post for the local Karlals, but the British made a fort at Nara.[citation needed]
Local politician Haider Zaman Khan, known as Baba Haider Zaman, was the leader of the movement for a Hazara Province - Quaid E Tehreek E Sooba Hazara. He was buried in the village after his death in 2018,[3] Zaman had been instrumental in banding together various politicians for the Hazara movement, Dewal Manal was his native village.[4]
