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.

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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

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Aliabad locatedOnTransportRoute Karakoram Highway
Juglot locatedOn Karakoram Highway
Juglot partOf Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form: Karakoram Highway network
Nagar Valley traversedBy Karakoram Highway
Fairy Meadows region (via Nanga Parbat area) nearestMajorRoad Karakoram Highway
subject surface form: Fairy Meadows region
Tashkurgan onRoute Karakoram Highway
Khunjerab National Park crossedBy Karakoram Highway
Attabad hasTransportRoute Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form: Karakoram Highway (nearby)
Shishkat locatedOn Karakoram Highway
Shishkat hasTransportConnection Karakoram Highway
Shishkat village transportDisruption Karakoram Highway
Hunza River gorge transportCorridor Karakoram Highway
GB hasStrategicCorridor Karakoram Highway
GB traversedBy Karakoram Highway
Karakoram River valleys transportCorridor Karakoram Highway
KKH standsFor Karakoram Highway
Friendship Highway alsoKnownAs Karakoram Highway
Friendship Highway alsoKnownAs Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form: China–Pakistan Friendship Highway
China National Highway 314 section partOf Karakoram Highway
this entity surface form: China–Pakistan Karakoram Highway
Hunza roadAccess Karakoram Highway
Fairy Meadows accessRoute Karakoram Highway
Gojal Valley traversedBy Karakoram Highway
Abbottabad District hasRoadConnection Karakoram Highway
Skardu Road connectsTo Karakoram Highway