Abazai is a town and union council

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

 in Charsadda District

Charsadda District

Charsadda is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan that contains the town of Charsadda. The town was part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region...

 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province 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...

. It is part of Tangi Tehsil

Tangi Tehsil

Tangi Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Charsadda District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.-Administration:The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 12 Union Councils, one of which form the headquarters - Tangi....

 and is located at 34°19'7N 71°35'35E and has an altitude of 320 metres (1053 feet) lying to the north-west of the district capital Charsadda

Charsadda

Charsadda is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°8'43N 71°43'51E with an altitude of 276 metres and lies 29 kilometres from the provincial capital - Peshawar....

 and 24 miles north of the provincial capital Peshawar on the left bank of the Swat river, and a mile from its exit from the hills.

History

During British rule

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, it was a fort and village of Charsadda Tehsil - then part of Peshawar District

Peshawar District

Peshawar is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until divisions were abolished as part of local government reforms in 2000 it was part of Peshawar Division. The city of Peshawar, as well as being the provincial capital, is the capital of the district...

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago describes the village and fort as follows:
The beauty of the Village is greenry, hills all around and Swat river. Most of the tourist visits Abazai in weekends along with their families. Munda Bridge is the gateway to Abazai from muhmand agency. Munda bridge was establish by Britons in 1914. The most respectable families in Abazai are Miangan and Malikan. The population of Abazai consist 100% of Suni Muslims.