Fort Abbas Tehsil
# Fort Abbas Tehsil

Fort Abbas (Urdu: تحصِيل فورٹ عباس) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan.

## History

The area currently encompassed by Fort Abbas Tehsil was a thriving center of ancient Hakra civilization. A survey of the Cholistan region from 1947 to 1977 dated Hakra ceramics to 5000 BCE.

## Geography

Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 $km^2.$

### Adjacent tehsils

* Haroonabad Tehsil (northeast)
* Anupgarh Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (northeast)
* Gharsana Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast)
* Khajuwala Tehsil, Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India (southwest)
* Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west)

## Demographics

According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 423,529 people living in Fort Abbas Tehsil and 67,121 households. Its population in 1998 was 285,596.

