What is Abbottabad Central?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Abbottabad Central | settlement_type = [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Council]] | image_map = Abbottabad_Thumb.png | map_caption = Abbottabad Central | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Pakistan|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Abbottabad District|Abbottabad]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Abbottabad Tehsil|Abbottabad]] | leader_title1 = [[Naib Nazim]] | leader_name1 = Jabar Hussai Siddiqui | population_total = 27,915 |coordinates = {{coord|34|09||N|73|13||E||display=title}} }} '''Abbottabad Central''' is a [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Council]] of [[Abbottabad District]] in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abbottabad.gov.pk/ |title=District Government Abbottabad |access-date=2021-01-02 |archive-date=2007-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204045300/http://www.abbottabad.gov.pk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is in [[Abbottabad]] city, the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the district, it borders the following Union Councils, [[Malikpura Urban]] to the north and west, by [[Salhad]] to the south and by [[Dhamtour]] to the east. A part of Abbottabad Central comprises the Old Abbottabad Town, which had been originally founded in January 1853<ref>''Hazara Gazetteer 1883-84'' pub Lahore, 1884</ref> by Major [[James Abbott]]<ref>Later Major-General Sir James Abbott, see Directory ''Whos Who in the Bengal Army'', Calcutta, 1867</ref> and which in turn has two main sections the Civil Lines and the Military Cantonment. This old portion is a historical place of considerable significance to the period of the [[British Raj]]. The Old ''Saddar'' (Main/Central) Bazaar, [[St Luke's Church, Abbottabad]], the [[Old Christian Cemetery Abbottabad]], the [[Lady Garden Park]], the Abbottabad Club and several other old [[British Indian Army]