Dahamtore Union Council

Dahamtore (Pashto: دمتوړ, Urdu: دھمتوڑ) is situated at about 6 km towards east of Abbottabad, Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and is the largest village and union council of Abbottabad. Their language is Hindko which is the traditional mother tongue of the Hazara Division but in some villages specially Nagakki village, Gojri is also mother tongue . Dhamtour village is the gate way to places like Murree, Nathiagali, Dunga Gali, Bara Gali, Ayubia National Park, Miranjani, Mukeshpuri and most famous picnic spot of Abbottabad, Harnoi. The Union council is located in Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Dahamtore
دھمتوڑ
Union council
Location of Dahamtore union council (highlighted in green) within Abbottabad district
Location of Dahamtore union council (highlighted in green) within Abbottabad district
Dahamtore is located in Pakistan
Dahamtore
Dahamtore
Coordinates: 34°08′0″N 73°16′0″E
CountryPakistan Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictAbbottabad
DistrictAbbottabad
Government
 • NazimAurangzeb Khan
 • Naib NazimCh Sajid Mehmood
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total15,427
Dahamtore

Subdivisions

The Union Council of Dhamtour is divided into the areas of Banda Bazdar, Bandi Shoalian, Dhamtour, Guldhok, Jaswal, Nagakki, Banda Said khan and Ukhreela.[2]

Location

Dhamtour has an average elevation of 1110 metres (3645).[3] It is situated to the west of Abbottabad city, and borders Sheikh-ul-Bandi to the north and Nagri Bala to the south.

History

Dhamtour is an ancient city and there were markets here before British rule. Dhamtore was a main market and business centre for the surrounding areas.

Saint

In Dhamtour, there are ziarats of Shaykh or Kagir khan Baba (Ilyas khail 1545 to 1655) bin Ilyas bin Ismail bin Abdulla bin hassat or Hassa zai bin Hussain bin Mansoor bin Ashraf Gadoon and Baba Mola patt sarkar who migrated from Jalalabad Afghanistan with their followers to Gadoon or Gandaf, Swabi and Hazara to spread Islam. Another saint, also from Afghanistan Ghazi Badshah, was Saadat Sarkar, Panj Qazi saibs.

Games

Football is the major and most favorite game of this village. Some of the local clubs are Hazara Sarban FC, Pak Muhammadan FC, Sarban hockey club Shahid Cricket club, Brother eleven Cricket club, Sada bahar cricket Club.

Festival

The urs mubarak of Saian Mola Patt Qalandar who was a famous saint of that area which is celebrated for one week February 18 to February 25 each year

Tribes

Majority of residents are from the Jadoon or Sulamani Pathan tribe. Whereas other minority tribes include Syeds, Gujjars , Qazis, Awans, Mughals, Karlal, Kashmiris, Ghakkars and Abbasis.

References
  1. "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. Dhamtour Union Council - District government Abbottabad Archived December 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Falling Rain Genomics - Location of Dhamtore". Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
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