China National Highway 219

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China National Highway 219 is a remote strategic highway in western China that runs along the disputed border regions, including the Aksai Chin area contested with India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
China National Highway 219 canonical 2
Qinghai–Tibet Highway 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national highway
road
alternativeName G219
Xinjiang–Tibet Highway
associatedWithConflict Sino-Indian border dispute
borderArea India–China border
surface form: Line of Actual Control
borderDisputeInvolves China
India
climate cold
harsh
connectsRegion Tibet Autonomous Region
surface form: Tibet

Xinjiang
constructionPurpose strategic connectivity between Xinjiang and Tibet
country China
governedBy Chinese traffic laws
hasRouteNumber 219
hasSectionInDispute Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region
surface form: Aksai Chin
languageOfSignage Chinese
locatedIn western China
maintainedBy Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China
surface form: Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China
notableFeature long stretches without major settlements
one of the highest highways in the world
runs close to the China–India disputed boundary
partOf China National Highway Network
surface form: China National Highway System
passesNear Kailash region
Pangong Tso
surface form: Pangong Lake region
passesThrough Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region
surface form: Aksai Chin

Himalayas
Hotan
surface form: Hotan Prefecture

Karakoram
surface form: Karakoram region

Kashgar
surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Ngari Prefecture
Tibet Autonomous Region
Xinjiang
surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

disputed border regions between China and India
regionType frontier region
roadCondition remote
sparsely populated surroundings
roadType G
securityRole supports Chinese border troops deployment
strategicImportance border control
connects Xinjiang and Tibet
military logistics
terrain high-altitude plateau
mountainous
usedFor civilian transport
military transport

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Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region traversedBy China National Highway 219
Tanggula Mountains crossedBy China National Highway 219
this entity surface form: Qinghai–Tibet Highway
China National Highway Network hasPart China National Highway 219