Berote Kalan

Birote
Union Council

Birote is located in Abbottabad District
Country  Pakistan
Province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Tehsil Abbottabad
Government
  Nazim Afaq Ahmed Abbasi[1]
  Naib Nazim Muhammad Sarwar Abbasi
Population
  Total 26,012

Birote Kalan or Birote is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2]

Etymology

The name of the union council Birote means the land of wrestlers. The words Khurd and Kalan (little and big) are administrative terminology dating back to Mughal times - to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence Birote Khurd means little Khurd. The words Khurd (small) and Kalan (Big) are taken form Persian.(cf. Britannia major, "Greater Britain" and Britannia minor "Lesser Britain").

Location

Administrative subdivisions of Berote Kalan.

Birote Kalan is located in the south eastern part of Abbottabad District and borders the Bagh District of Kashmir, and was consequently affected by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake as the epicentre was in Kashmir.

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: Berote Kalan, Berote Khurd, Kahoo Gharbi and Kahoo Sharqi.[1]

References

Coordinates: 34°00′00″N 73°00′00″E / 34.0000°N 73.0000°E / 34.0000; 73.0000

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