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

Administrative divisions of Abbottabad District

Capital	Abbottabad

Tehsils	Abbottabad and Havelian

Union councils	Abbottabad Central Sheikh-ul-Bandi Bagh Bagnotar Bakot Baldheri Bandi Atti Khan Banda Pir Khan Beerangali Berote Kalan Boi Chamhad Dalola Dewal Manal Dhamtour Ghari Phulgran Goreeni Haveliani Urban Jarral Shareef Jhangi Jhangra Kakul Kehal Urban Kukmang Kuthiala Kuthwal Langra Langrial Lora Malikpura Urban Mirpur Mojohan Nagri Bala Nagri Totial Nambal Namli Maira Nara Nathia Gali Nawansher Urban Palak Pattan Kalan Pawa Phalkot Phallah Pind Kargu Khan Salhad Sarbhana Seer Gharbi Seer Sharqi Bhattian Sherwan Tajwal

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

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