Karakoram Highway
International highway running through Pakistan and China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Highway 35 | |
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قومی شاہراہ ٣٥ | |
Karakoram Highway شاہراہ قراقرم | |
Route information | |
Part of AH4 Asian Highway | |
Maintained by National Highway Authority (Pakistan) and Transport Department of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) | |
Length | 1,300 km (810 mi) Pakistan: 887 km (551 mi) China: 413 km (257 mi) |
Existed | 1966–present |
History | Completed in 1979, open to the public since 1986 |
Major junctions | |
North end | Kashgar, Xinjiang, China China National Highway 314 (Khunjerab Pass–Kashgar–Ürümqi) Khunjerab Pass |
Major intersections | N-35 N-15 |
South end | Hasan Abdal, Punjab, Pakistan |
Location | |
Country | Pakistan |
Major cities | Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Besham, Pattan, Dasu, Chilas, Gilgit, Aliabad, Gulmit, Sust, Tashkurgan, Upal, Kashgar |
Highway system | |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 喀喇昆仑公路 | ||||||
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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: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵) or the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway) is a 1,300 km (810 mi) national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan, where it crosses into China and becomes China National Highway 314. The highway connects the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plus Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The highway is a popular tourist attraction and is one of the highest paved roads in the world, passing through the Karakoram mountain range, at 36°51′00″N 75°25′40″E at maximum elevation of 4,714 m (15,466 ft) near Khunjerab Pass.[1][2][note 1] Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions under which it was constructed, it is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World.[3][4][5] The highway is also a part of the Asian Highway AH4.