# Bakot

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{{Short description|Town in Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = [Town](/source/Town)
| name = Bakot
| coordinates     = {{coord|34|5|39|N|73|29|9|E|region:PK-NW_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_display =
| pushpin_map = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
| subdivision_type  = [Country](/source/Country)
| subdivision_name  = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan)
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}}
| subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan)
| subdivision_name2 = [Abbottabad](/source/Abbottabad_District)
| subdivision_type3 = [Tehsil](/source/Tehsil)
| subdivision_name3 = [Abbottabad](/source/Abbottabad_Tehsil)
| population_total     =  17,466
| population_as_of     = [2017 Census of Pakistan](/source/2017_Census_of_Pakistan)
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/ABBOTTABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf|title=POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT) (see page 7 of 36 for Bakot)|date=3 January 2018|access-date=5 November 2023 |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031736/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/ABBOTTABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf|archive-date=18 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''Bakot''' is a town of [Abbottabad District](/source/Abbottabad_District), [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa](/source/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan). It is located {{convert|45|km|mi}} north of [Murree](/source/Murree), at the base of the [Miranjani](/source/Miranjani) peak.<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/2409546/abbottabads-abandoned-colonial-reminder Abbottabad's abandoned colonial reminder]</ref> Bakot serves as principal town of the [Union Council](/source/Bakot_Union_Council) of the same name. According to the [2017 Census of Pakistan](/source/2017_Census_of_Pakistan), the town had a population of 17,466.<ref name="census2017"/><ref name="AbbGov">
{{cite web|url=http://www.abbottabad.gov.pk/ |website= District Government Abbottabad website| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204045300/http://www.abbottabad.gov.pk/ |archive-date=4 December 2007|access-date=5 November 2023 |url-status=dead|title=Administrative Units of District Abbottabad}}</ref>

==History==
In the 1890s Bakot, referred to as Bukot, was mentioned by British geologist [Charles Stewart Middlemiss](/source/Charles_Stewart_Middlemiss) as a village when he was doing a survey of the area as part of his geological fieldwork in [Hazara](/source/Hazara_region) for the colonial era [Geological Survey of India](/source/Geological_Survey_of_India).<ref name="GeoHazara">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002210380&seq=101&q1=Bukot The Geology of Hazara and the Black Mountain]</ref>

==References==
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Category:Populated places in Abbottabad District
Category:Abbottabad District
Category:Abbottabad District geography stubs
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