KKH

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KKH is the abbreviation for the Karakoram Highway, a major high-altitude road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range.

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KKH canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-altitude road ⓘ
international highway ⓘ
abbreviation KKH ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Friendship Highway ⓘ
builtBy Government of China ⓘ
Government of Pakistan ⓘ
connectsCountry China ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
constructionEndYear 1979 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1966 ⓘ
crossesBorderAt Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
followsRiver Hunza River ⓘ
Indus River ⓘ
hazard avalanches ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 4693 metres ⓘ
knownFor being one of the highest paved international roads ⓘ
landslides and rockfalls ⓘ
scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
length about 1300 kilometres ⓘ
lengthInChina about 494 kilometres ⓘ
lengthInPakistan about 806 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Karakoram Range ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram
maintainedBy Chinese transport authorities ⓘ
National Highway Authority of Pakistan ⓘ
officialOpeningYear 1978 ⓘ
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ
passesNear Attabad Lake ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
Nanga Parbat ⓘ
Rakaposhi ⓘ
passesThrough Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Himalayan foothills ⓘ
Karakoram mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Pamir Plateau vicinity ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
region Himalaya–Karakoram–Hindukush region ⓘ
roadSurface paved ⓘ
standsFor Karakoram Highway ⓘ
terminusInChina Kashgar ⓘ
Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
terminusInPakistan Hasan Abdal ⓘ
Islamabad region ⓘ
upgradedBy China Road and Bridge Corporation ⓘ
usedFor military logistics ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade between Pakistan and China ⓘ

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Karakoram Highway → abbreviation → KKH ⓘ
subject linked to: KKH
N-35 → alsoKnownAs → KKH ⓘ