Samote is a Town and Capital of
Union Council Samote,
Tehsil Kallar Syedan,
District Rawalpindi Samote is located from
Kallar Syedan
Kallar Syedan ( Punjabi/) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan, and is the headquarters of the Kallar Syedan Tehsil.
History
Kallar Syedan's existence dates back approximately 1,200 years. The town rose to prominence during Sikh rule, eviden ...
, from Rawalpindi City, from
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
, from
Dadyal
Dadyal () is a tehsil in Mirpur district, located in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It is home to roughly 84 villages.
Notable people
*Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, Former Lord Mayor of Birmingham
*Moeen Ali, English cricketer
*Mohammed Ajeeb, Form ...
(in
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
*
*
* and constituting the western portion of the larger ...
), from
Gujar Khan
Gujar Khan ( ; ) is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab by land area.
Gujar Khan is located approximately southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pak ...
. In
2008 General Elections, Samote was under,
NA-50 for
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
and PP-2 (now
PP-7) for
Punjab Assembly. In
2013 Elections, Samote remained under administration of same constituencies. In Next
2018 General Elections, Samote was shifted to
NA-58 of National Assembly and PP-7 of Punjab Assembl
For the Next
2024 Pakistani general election, 2024 General elections, Samote is listed under
NA-51 a newly created constituency of National Assembly but remains under the same PP-7 of Provincial Assembly.
Languages
*
Pothwari: 90%
*
Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
5%
*
Pashto
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3%
* Other 2%
Schools and colleges
* Haqani Public School & College Samote
* Government Boys Higher Secondary School Samote
* Government Girls Higher Secondary School Samote
* Misali Public High School Samote
Hospitals
*Government hospital samote.
* Govt Veternary Hospital Samote.
Landmarks
Following are some of the important landmarks and important Government buildings situated in the town of samote.
* Markazi Jamia Mosque Samote
* Post Office Samote affiliated with (
Pakistan Post
Pakistan Post () is a state enterprise which functions as Pakistan's primary and largest postal operator. 49,502 employees through a vehicle fleet of 5,000 operate traditional "to the door" service from more than 13,419 post offices across the ...
).
* Union Council Office Samote
Banks
* A branch of
United Bank Limited
United Bank Limited (often abbreviated as UBL) is a Pakistani bank headquartered at I.I. Chundrigar Road in Karachi. It is a subsidiary of British multinational conglomerate, Bestway Group. Founded by Agha Hasan Abedi in 1959, UBL saw its firs ...
* A branch of
Bank Al-Habib Limited
Transport
Samote is well connected to nearby cities, towns and villages by roads and local transport that runs on these roads.
A Local Suzuki Ravi service is available that runs from samote to nearby town
Bewal
Bewal ( Punjabi and ) is a town and Union Council in Pakistan's Punjab province. It is situated in the Kallar Syedan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district loca ...
.
Also Toyota Hiace Services run through the town connecting it with cities like Kallar Syedan and Rawalpindi and even the Azad Kashmiri city of Dadyal
References
YouTube channel samote.tv
* http://www.pothwar.com/tehkallar
* https://pak.postcodebase.com/node/8274
* http://locations.westernunion.com/pk/punjab/kallar-syedan/a94e8702ac76350ffdcdba541424ecb4?loc=Samote%2C+Rawalpindi%2C+Punjab%2C+Pakistan
* https://www.facebook.com/Samote-Pakistan-1149013045127110/
* UBL Rawalpindi 21 http://www.pakistanbanks.org/members/networks/ubl_network.html#RAWALPINDI#21Samote
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Populated places in Kallar Syedan Tehsil
Towns in Kallar Syedan Tehsil