Circle Bakote () is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of

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. Circle Bakote is located on the upper and west bank of the

Jhelum River The Jhelum River is a major river in South Asia, flowing through India and Pakistan, and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian-administered territory of Jammu ...

at Kohalla Bridge. The region is somewhere between 65 kilometres and 90 kilometres northwest of

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. "Bakote" means the "land of forts". The Kunhar River and

are the two main rivers in Circle Bakote. Famous hill stations in the area are Miran Jani, Mushkpuri, Thandiani, Pather Gali, Ayubia, Khanas Pur and Nathia Gali.

References

{{reflist Abbottabad District Hindkowan tribes