Karakoram Highway
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The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karakoram Highway canonical | 68 |
| China–Pakistan Friendship Highway | 1 |
| China–Pakistan Karakoram Highway | 1 |
| Karakoram Highway (nearby) | 1 |
| Karakoram Highway network | 1 |
| Karakoram trade routes | 1 |
| N-35 Karakoram Highway | 1 |
| served by Karakoram Highway | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude international road
ⓘ
mountain pass road ⓘ paved road ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Attabad Lake landslide in 2010 ⓘ |
| altitudeCategory | high-altitude road ⓘ |
| bridgeCount | hundreds of bridges ⓘ |
| builder |
Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Ground Force ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army engineers
|
| builtBy |
China
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| connects |
China
ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1978 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1966 ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| crosses | Khunjerab Pass ⓘ |
| economicRole | major trade route between Pakistan and China ⓘ |
| followsValley |
Hunza River
ⓘ
Indus River ⓘ Karakoram River valleys ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Khunjerab Pass ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation |
about 15397 feet
ⓘ
about 4693 metres ⓘ |
| historicalRole | modern alignment along an ancient Silk Road corridor ⓘ |
| knownAs |
China National Highway 314 section
ⓘ
E35 in Pakistan ⓘ Friendship Highway ⓘ KKH ⓘ |
| length |
over 1300 kilometres
ⓘ
over 800 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
surface form:
Karakoram mountain range
Pakistan ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the highest paved international roads in the world
ⓘ
passes near Nanga Parbat ⓘ passes near Passu Cones ⓘ Hispar Pass ⓘ
surface form:
passes near Rakaposhi
passes through geologically active region ⓘ subject to landslides and rockfalls ⓘ |
| officialOpeningDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| partOf |
China Belt and Road Initiative
ⓘ
surface form:
Belt and Road Initiative
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Gilgit-Baltistan
ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form:
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
|
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| terminusInChina | Kashgar ⓘ |
| terminusInPakistan |
Hasan Abdal
ⓘ
Havelian ⓘ |
| tourismRole | popular route for adventure tourism ⓘ |
| tunnelFeature | includes tunnels near Attabad Lake ⓘ |
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern Pakistan
this entity surface form:
served by Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form:
N-35 Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form:
Karakoram trade routes