Birot Kalan Union Council

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Birote Kalan
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Birote is located in Abbottabad District
Birot Kalan Union Council
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Population
  Total
50,012

Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1]

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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 Mughal times, to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence Birote Khurd means "little Birote"..[ citation needed ]

Location

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Administrative subdivisions of Berote Kalan

Birote Kalan is located in the south eastern part of Circle Bakote Region of Abbottabad District and borders the Tehsil Dheerkot of Bagh District 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.[ citation needed ]

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas:

References

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