Friendship Highway

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The Friendship Highway, also known as the Karakoram Highway, is a high-altitude road linking China and Pakistan through the Karakoram mountain range and is renowned as one of the world’s highest paved international highways.

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Friendship Highway canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway ⓘ
international road ⓘ
mountain road ⓘ
alsoKnownAs China–Pakistan Friendship Highway ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway ⓘ
connects China ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
constructionEnd 1979 ⓘ
constructionStart 1966 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
crosses Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
hazard glacial lake outburst floods ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
rockfalls ⓘ
highestPoint Khunjerab Pass ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 15397 feet ⓘ
about 4693 metres ⓘ
length approximately 1300 kilometres ⓘ
approximately 810 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayan region ⓘ
Karakoram Range ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram
maintainedBy China ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
notableFeature forms part of the ancient Silk Road corridor ⓘ
one of the highest paved international roads in the world ⓘ
runs through the Karakoram mountain range ⓘ
opened 1978 ⓘ
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ⓘ
passesNear Karakoram glaciers ⓘ
Nanga Parbat region ⓘ
passesThrough Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
regionServed Gilgit ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
roadType paved highway ⓘ
two-lane road ⓘ
seasonalCondition can be closed in winter due to heavy snowfall ⓘ
significance strategic transport corridor between Western China and the Arabian Sea ⓘ
symbol of China–Pakistan friendship ⓘ
terminusA Kashgar ⓘ
terminusB Islamabad ⓘ
usedFor military logistics ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade between China and Pakistan ⓘ

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Karakoram Highway → knownAs → Friendship Highway ⓘ
Karakoram Highway → alsoKnownAs → Friendship Highway ⓘ
subject linked to: KKH