Nagri Totial

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Nagri Tutial
Union council
Location of Nagri Tutial (highlighted in red) within Abbottabad district, the names of the neighbouring districts to Abbottabad are also shown.
Coordinates: 33°56′00″N 73°19′00″E / 33.93333°N 73.3167°E / 33.93333; 73.3167Coordinates: 33°56′00″N 73°19′00″E / 33.93333°N 73.3167°E / 33.93333; 73.3167
Country  Pakistan
Province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Tehsil Havelian
Government
  Nazim Arshad Khan Abbasi[1]
  Naib Nazim Muhammad Qadeer
Population
  Total 9,358
[2]

Nagri Tutial (also known as Nagri Totial) is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3]

Origins of name

Nagri Tutial or the town of the Tutials is named after a Dhund Abassi chief Toota Khan, who was a son of Doomat Khan.[citation needed].

Tribes

Most of the people of Nagri Totial are from the 'Totialian' branch of the Dhund Abbasi and Gujjar tribe[citation needed]. However considerable numbers of Awan also live here.

Location

Nagri Tutial is situated in the south east of the district and forms part of Abbottabad district's frontier with the Punjab (Nagri Tutial's eastern border is with Punjab's Rawalpindi Tehsil). Nagri Tutial shares a border with the following Union Councils within Abbottabad District - to the North and east by Seer Gharbi, to the west by Nara, and to the south by Lora. Nagri Tutial has an average elevation of 1243 metres (4081 feet).

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