Kakol, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Kakul
Union council
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Coordinates: 34°12′11″N 73°16′56″E / 34.20306°N 73.28222°E / 34.20306; 73.28222
Country	Pakistan
District	Abbottabad
Tehsil	Abbottabad
Province	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Population
• Total	30,000

Kakul (Kakol) is a village situated in the Tehsil and District Abbottabad, at an elevation of 1300 metres, 5 km northeast of center of Abbottabad city near the Thandiani Hills. Abbottabad is a District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The population is around 30,000. It is also famous for The Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), also known as PMA Kakul, that is Officer Training Academy of Pakistan Army. The posterior gate of PMA is also named as Kakul gate owing to its proximity with the village.