650 The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, romanized: śāhirāh-i qarāquram; known by its initials KKH, also known as N-35 or National Highway 35 (Urdu:...
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887-kilometre-long (551 mi) National Highway 35 (N-35), which forms the Pakistani portion of the Karakoram Highway (KKH). The KKH spans the 806-kilometre-long...
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The Karakoram (/ˌkɑːrəˈkɔːrəm, ˌkær-/) is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern...
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Attabad Lake (section Karakoram Highway realignment)
considerable stretch measuring over 19 kilometers (12 miles) of the Karakoram Highway, a pivotal transportation artery in the region. The lake reached 21...
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Upal (section Karakoram Highway)
a town in Shufu County in Western Xinjiang, China. Upal is on the Karakoram Highway, which follows the old Silk Road route from China to Pakistan. Travelling...
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Arabian Sea date back to the 1950s, and motivated construction of the Karakoram Highway beginning in 1959. Chinese interest in Pakistan's deep-water harbor...
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of the Karakoram Highway. It builds civil and military infrastructure for the Government of Pakistan and the Pakistan Armed Forces. Highways and roads...
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Sust (section Karakoram Highway)
800 meters above sea level, Sost is the last Pakistani town on the Karakoram Highway before the Chinese border. The town plays an important role in the...
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include the famous Grand Trunk Road, Indus Highway, Karakoram Highway and Makran Coastal Highway. All national highways in Pakistan are pre-fixed with the letter...
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lakes, and glaciers in the area. Landslides on the Karakoram Highway are very common. The Karakoram Highway connects Gilgit to Tashkurgan Town, Kashgar, China...
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