KKH

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high-altitude road international highway

KKH is the abbreviation for the Karakoram Highway, a major high-altitude road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range.

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Label Occurrences
KKH canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-altitude road ⓘ
international highway ⓘ
abbreviation KKH self-linksurface differs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Friendship Highway ⓘ
builtBy People's Republic of China government ⓘ
surface form: Government of China

Government of Pakistan ⓘ
connectsCountry China ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
constructionEndYear 1979 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1966 ⓘ
crossesBorderAt Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
followsRiver Hunza River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus River ⓘ
hazard avalanches ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 4693 metres ⓘ
knownFor being one of the highest paved international roads ⓘ
landslides and rockfalls ⓘ
scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
length about 1300 kilometres ⓘ
lengthInChina about 494 kilometres ⓘ
lengthInPakistan about 806 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram Range
maintainedBy Chinese transport authorities ⓘ
National Highway Authority of Pakistan ⓘ
officialOpeningYear 1978 ⓘ
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ
passesNear Attabad Lake ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
Nanga Parbat ⓘ
Rakaposhi ⓘ
passesThrough Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Himalayan foothills region ⓘ
surface form: Himalayan foothills

Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram mountain range

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Pamir Plateau vicinity ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
region Hindu Kush–Karakoram region ⓘ
surface form: Himalaya–Karakoram–Hindukush region
roadSurface paved ⓘ
standsFor Karakoram Highway ⓘ
terminusInChina Kashgar ⓘ
Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
terminusInPakistan Hasan Abdal ⓘ
Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Islamabad region
upgradedBy China Harbour Engineering Company ⓘ
surface form: China Road and Bridge Corporation
usedFor military logistics ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade between Pakistan and China ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karakoram Highway → knownAs → KKH ⓘ
KK Women's and Children's Hospital → shortName → KKH ⓘ
KKH → abbreviation → KKH self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Karakoram Highway