Karakoram Highway

English Etymology From Karakoram mountain range. Proper noun Karakoram Highway The highest paved international road in the world, which connects Xinjiang, China, to Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet). en 1981 Pakistan The Far East and Australasia 1981-82 https://archive.org/details/fareastandaustra0000unse/ 13th w:Europa Publications 0-905118-66-9 0071-3791 74-417170 8291118 986 https://archive.org/details/fareastandaustra0000unse/page/986/ 1 In mid-1978 the 800-km. Karakoram highway was opened, linking Xinjiang province in the People’s Republic of China with Havelian, north of Islamabad, after being under construction for 20 years. en 1998 Pakistan w:Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York w:Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2340–2341 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2340/ The Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan and China remains a strategic route. en 1998 John S. King; Bradley Mayhew Karakoram Highway w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetkara00john_0/ 3rd 0-86442-531-7 473180118 8314719M 9 https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetkara00john_0/page/9/ The Karakoram Highway (KKH) connects the Silk Road oasis of Kashgar with Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, via the 4730m Khunjerab Pass, the semi-mythical Hunza Valley and the trading post of Gilgit. en 2009 w:Greg Mortenson Introduction Stones into Schools Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace through Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan https://archive.org/details/stonesintoschool0000mort_z5s2/ w:Penguin Books 978-0-14-311823-7 669910351 3 https://archive.org/details/stonesintoschool0000mort_z5s2/page/3/ In September of 2008, a woman with piercing green eyes named Nasreen Baig embarked on an arduous journey from her home in the tiny Pakistani village of Zuudkhan south along the Indus River and down the precipitous Karakoram Highway to the bustling city of Rawalpindi. en NOVEMBER 3, 2017 Rina Saeed Khan Pakistan’s glaciers face new threat: Highway’s black carbon https://web.archive.org/web/20220517231944/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-glaciers-highway-idUSKBN1D30WK 17 May 2022 w:Reuters APAC This border outpost on the Karakoram Highway, slashed through the glacier-strewn Karakoram mountains to join China and Pakistan by road, boasts a new world record: It has the world’s highest automated bank teller machine. en Translations highway Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀喇崑崙公路 Polish: pl Szosa Karakorumska f Urdu: ur شاہراہِ قَراقَرَم m śāhrāh-e qarāqaram Further reading Karakoram Highway en 1998 Karakoram Highway Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1504 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/1504/ 3 en Named roads Places in Xinjiang, China Places in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan