Thandiani

Thandiani is a hill station in the Galyat area of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, about 37.5 kilometres (23.3 mi) northeast of Abbottabad District in the foothills of the Himalayas^[1][2] and about 2,750 metres (9,020 ft) above sea level.

Thandiani
Hill station
Thandiani, Galyat
Thandiani Location in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Pakistan Show map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Thandiani Thandiani (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 34°14′N 73°21′E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad District
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

History

Thandiani was originally granted as a lease to some members of the Battye family^[3] in British India, who were Christian missionaries and also worked in the British civil service and military.^{[citation needed]} The Battyes subsequently gave the site to the Anglican church, where a sanatorium and various other facilities were set up during the British rule. It also contained some private European houses, a camping ground, a small bazaar, and a small seasonal church of Francis Xavier in the Wilderness which were occupied only during the summer months.^[4]

Forests and wildlife

The mountains around Thandiani are more thickly forested than most other hill stations in the area, which have undergone more deforestation. The local wildlife includes leopards, monkeys, several kinds of pheasants and the rarer flying squirrel and pine marten.^[5]

2005 earthquake

The area and its surrounding villages were damaged by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.