China–Pakistan border

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The China–Pakistan border is a high-altitude international boundary in the Karakoram range, notable for passing through the area of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
approximateLength about 596 km
borderPoint Khunjerab Pass
Kilik Pass
Mintaka Pass
borderType demarcated by treaty
climate alpine
cold desert
connectedBy Karakoram Highway
country1 China
country2 Pakistan
crossesAdministrativeUnit Gilgit-Baltistan
surface form: Gilgit-Baltistan region

Xinjiang
surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
disputedBy India
establishedByTreaty Sino-Pakistan Agreement
geopoliticalContext Kashmir conflict
Sino-Indian border dispute
hasBorderCrossing Khunjerab Pass
highestBorderCrossing Khunjerab Pass
highestPoint over 4,500 metres above sea level
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedInRegion Gilgit-Baltistan
Xinjiang
nearbyGlacier Baltoro Glacier
Siachen Glacier
nearbyPeak Broad Peak
Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum II
K2
openedToRegularTrafficAt Khunjerab Pass
openedToRegularTrafficYear 1982
partOf China–Pakistan relations
passesNear K2
passesThrough Karakoram
surface form: Karakoram Pass region
passesThroughDisputedRegion Gilgit-Baltistan
Jammu and Kashmir
surface form: Kashmir
securityRole strategic corridor for China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
separates China
Pakistan
terrain high-altitude
mountainous
treatySignatory Pakistan
China
surface form: People's Republic of China
treatySignedYear 1963
usedFor tourism
trade
transport

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K2 liesOn China–Pakistan border
Khunjerab Pass partOf China–Pakistan border
Trans-Karakoram Tract borderRegime China–Pakistan border
this entity surface form: demarcated by Sino-Pakistan Frontier Agreement
K4 locatedOnBorder China–Pakistan border
Gasherbrum Glacier locatedOn China–Pakistan border
this entity surface form: Pakistan–China border region
Sino-Pakistan Agreement regionCovered China–Pakistan border
this entity surface form: Sino-Pakistan border
China National Highway 314 section terminusNear China–Pakistan border