Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of

Abbottabad District Abbottabad District (Hindko, ) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is part of the Hazara Division and covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town. Neighbouring districts incl ...

in the

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province of

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.Administrative Units of District Abbottabad

Etymology

The name of the union council Birote means "the land of wrestlers". The words ''khurd'' and ''kalan'' ("little" and "big") are administrative terms taken from Persian language dating back to

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times, to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence ''Birote Khurd'' means "little Birote"..

Location

Birote Kalan is located in the south eastern part of

Circle Bakote Circle Bakote () is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. Circle Bakote is located on the upper and west bank of the Jhelum River at Kohalla Bridge. The regi ...

Region of

and borders the Tehsil Dheerkot of

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of Kashmir in East while Mukeshpuri Top & Ayubia in West. In North Famous Kohala Bridge is Located while in South Murree. Birote was consequently affected by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake as the epicentre was in Kashmir.

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: * Birote Kalan * Birote Khurd * Kahoo Sharqi * Kahoo Gharbi

References

Union councils of Abbottabad District {{Abbottabad-geo-stub