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Nathiagali

Nathia Gali
Union council
Location of Nathia Gali union council (highlighted in red) within Abbottabad district
Location of Nathia Gali union council (highlighted in red) within Abbottabad district
Location of Nathia Gali
Nathia Gali is located in Pakistan
Nathia Gali
Nathia Gali
Coordinates: 34°04′N 73°23′E / 34.067°N 73.383°E / 34.067; 73.383
Country Pakistan Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Tehsil Abbottabad
Government
 • Nazim Sardar Fayyaz Khan
 • Naib Nazim Sardar Zaheed
 • VC Naib Nazim Sardar Abdul Baseer

Nathia Gali or Nathiagali (Pashto: نتھیا گلی‎, Urdu: نتھیا گلی‎) is a mountain resort town or hill station in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is a part of the Galyat range, where several hill-stations are situated, closely connected to each other, and with their names mostly ending in 'Gali'. Nathiagali is known for its scenic beauty, hiking tracks and pleasant weather, which is much cooler than the rest of the Galyat due to it being at a greater altitude. It is situated 34 kilometers at one hour's drive away from both Murree and Abbottabad, lying midway between these two places. The drive time from Islamabad is usually about two hours, unless there is a lot of traffic.

During British rule Nathia Gali, then part of Abbottabad tehsil of Hazara District, served as the summer headquarters of the Chief Commissioner of the (then) Peshawar division of the Punjab. The town along with Dunga Gali constituted a notified area under the Punjab Municipalities Act, 1891. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,000 chiefly derived from a house tax, whilst expenditure was Rs. 1,900.

Asif Khan, a resident of Nathiagali, is a source of pride for the region - being the PHD in AI in the mountains.


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