Friendship Highway
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The Friendship Highway, also known as the Karakoram Highway, is a high-altitude road linking China and Pakistan through the Karakoram mountain range and is renowned as one of the world’s highest paved international highways.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friendship Highway canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway
ⓘ
international road ⓘ mountain road ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Karakoram Highway
ⓘ
surface form:
China–Pakistan Friendship Highway
Karakoram Highway ⓘ |
| connects |
China
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1979 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1966 ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| crosses | Khunjerab Pass ⓘ |
| hazard |
glacial lake outburst floods
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ rockfalls ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Khunjerab Pass ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation |
about 15397 feet
ⓘ
about 4693 metres ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 1300 kilometres
ⓘ
approximately 810 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalayan region
ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
surface form:
Karakoram Range
|
| maintainedBy |
China
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
forms part of the ancient Silk Road corridor
ⓘ
one of the highest paved international roads in the world ⓘ runs through the Karakoram mountain range ⓘ |
| opened | 1978 ⓘ |
| partOf | China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Karakoram glacial system
ⓘ
surface form:
Karakoram glaciers
Nanga Parbat region ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Gilgit-Baltistan
ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form:
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
|
| regionServed |
Gilgit
ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ |
| roadType |
paved highway
ⓘ
two-lane road ⓘ |
| seasonalCondition | can be closed in winter due to heavy snowfall ⓘ |
| significance |
strategic transport corridor between Western China and the Arabian Sea
ⓘ
symbol of China–Pakistan friendship ⓘ |
| terminusA | Kashgar ⓘ |
| terminusB | Islamabad ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military logistics
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ trade between China and Pakistan ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Karakoram Highway