Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of

Abbottabad District Abbottabad District () is a district of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is part of Hazara Division and covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town. Neighbouring districts are Mansehra to ...

in the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

province of

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.Administrative Units of District Abbottabad

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 from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. (cf. Britannia major, "Greater Britain" and Britannia minor "Lesser Britain").

Location

Birote Kalan is located in the south eastern part of

Circle Bakote Circle Bakote is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Circle Bakote is located on the upper and west bank of the Jhelum River at Kohalla Bridge. The region is ...

Region of

and borders the Tehsil Dheerkot of

Bagh District Bagh District ( ur, ) is one of the ten districts of Pakistan's territory of Azad Kashmir. Previously part of Poonch District, it was established as a separate district in 1988. The Bagh District is bounded on the north by the Muzaffarabad Di ...

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 The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir. It was centred near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu and ...

as the epicentre was in Kashmir.

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: *

Birote Kalan Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Birote Khurd Birote Khurd is a subdivision of Berote Kalan Union Council in Pakistan.Administrative Units ...

Kahoo Sharqi Karoo Sharqi is an area of Birot Kalan Union Council, Abbottabad Tehsil, Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It ...

* Kahoo Gharbi

References

Union councils of Abbottabad District {{Abbottabad-geo-stub