Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the east of district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier (near to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir). It was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. It is named after (Ex-Chief Of Swati) Habibullah Khan. Its old name was Garhi Saadat Khan came from the town's founder who was ruler of Pakhli (1762-1780) and nominal Chief Of Swati Pashtun Tribe.[2] Hindko is spoken in this town.

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Garhi Habibullah
Union council and town
Garhi Habibullah Khan
A view of Garhi Habibillah from Aznali Hills
Garhi Habibullah Location in Pakistan Show map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 34.4014°N 73.3803°E / 34.4014; 73.3803
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mansehra District
Government
• Type	Mayor
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	0997

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods include Babur Colony, Seri, Naral, Buttsing (Hassan Ali Khan Colony), Shamori, Hassari, Ponrh, Jabbi, and Sughdar.

Sources

• Imperial Gazzetter Of India (Topic: Pakhli Sarkar of Swatis)
• Mountstuart Elphinstone (1843): An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
• Raverty H.G (1888): Notes on Baluchistan and Afghanistan
• Hazara Gazetteer 1883 and 1907
• Prof. Akhtar: Tajik Swati aur Mamlikat e Gabar
• Roshan Khan: Tazkira
• Rehmat Khan: Tareekh e Hafiz
• Sher Bahadur Khan Panni.: Tareekh e Hazara
• The Pathans

References