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
• 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.

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 consequently was 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.

2005 earthquake

Mohammed Reaz, a teacher of Kahoo Sharqi, provided internet access to earthquake survivors at Rs. 20 to search names in website , which was below the usual rate of Rs. 100/. It is worth mentioned that ERRA official and lack of information to earthquake effects disturbed them and no one help them in this regard. People of Berote Kalan were paying happily to Teacher Mohammed Reaz. He is earning more than Rs. 1,000/= daily to people. This is first time in UC Birote a private internet facility providing to public in the first week of Jan. 2007.

Elections

In September 2006, Shamim Akhter Abbasi was unanimously re-elected as the female councillor for UC Birote following the death of Robina Mumtaz of Basian three months earlier. In the 2008 election she was re-elected as the female councillor.