Havelian is the second largest municipality in Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District

Abbottabad is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 1,969 km with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town...

, in what used to be the Hazara District

Hazara District

Hazara District was a district of Peshawar Division in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1976.The Imperial Gazetteer of India described the district as follows..-Khatris and Khokhran:...

 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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villages

Baandi Attai khan, Takia Shaikhan, Richoia, Khora Bazgraan, Ghrari Pholgran, Batala, Kiala, Chair Sajji Kot, Naara.

Personalities

Peer Syed Mohyuddin Mahboob, Baba Haider Zaman, Sardar Yaqob former dupty speaker Pakistan National Asmbli, Nisar Safdar farmer MPA, Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha MPA, Javed Murtaza Abbasi MNA

Languages

Most of the people living in Havelian speak Hindko and in rural areas potohari is the major language

Transport

Havelian's main public transport consist of auto Rickshaws, modified Suzuki

Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

s, Tonga which can accommodate anywhere from 8 to 13 people at one time. Datsuns and Taxis are also available as well as wagons which connect Havelian to the surrounding cities and towns in the region.

Railway

Havelian is the terminus of a branch railway, in February 2007, consultants were engaged to investigate the construction of a railway link to China. The line would go via the 4,730m-high Khunjerab

Khunjerab

Khunjerab may refer to:*Khunjerab Pass, the highest paved road crossing of an international border in the world, between China and Pakistan* Khunjerab Valley* Khunjerab River*Khunjerab National Park, a National Park in Pakistan...

pass.

A former through railway to the east was cut by partition with India.