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Circle Bakote (Urdu: سرکل بکوٹ) is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. Circle Bakote is located on the upper and west bank of the Jhelum River at Kohalla Bridge. The region is somewhere between 65 kilometres and 90 kilometres northwest of Islamabad. "Bakote" means the "land of forts". The Kunhar River and Jhelum River are the two main rivers in Circle Bakote. Famous hill stations in the area are Miran Jani, Mushkpuri, Thandiani, Pather Gali, Ayubia, Khanas Pur and Nathia Gali.