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  2. Karakoram Highway - Wikipedia

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    Aerial View of The Karakoram Highway. The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and 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 ...

  3. Geography of Gilgit-Baltistan - Wikipedia

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    The Diamir District is where the Karakoram Highway enters Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The capital of the Diamir District is Chilas.The Diamir District is bounded by the Astore District in the east, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the south and southwest (separated by the Babusar Pass or Babusar Top), the Darel District on the west, the Ghizar District in the north and ...

  4. Chilas - Wikipedia

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    Overview map of the Karakoram Highway. Chilas (Urdu: چلاس) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the divisional capital of Diamer Division and is located on the Indus River.

  5. Nagar Valley - Wikipedia

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    Official Logo of NAGAR STATE. Nagar Valley [2] once a princely state, now stands as one of the ten districts within the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. [3] [4] [5] This valley is situated along the renowned Karakoram Highway, as one travels northward from the city of Gilgit.

  6. Besham - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Karakorum Highway Besham ( Urdu , Pashto : بشام ; also known as Besham Qila ) is a city in the Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan . Located on the right bank of the Indus River (locally known as Abasin ), Besham serves as a major junction on the Karakoram Highway , that connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab with ...

  7. Aliabad, Hunza - Wikipedia

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    The town is located in a relatively wide section of the Hunza Valley, in the northeastern corner of the Karakoram range, between two forks of the Hunza River.In May 2010 government officials warned that the nearby Attabad lake was close to flooding the area.

  8. Shinkiari - Wikipedia

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    Karakoram Highway route map. Shinkiari (Pashto: شینکیارۍ; Hindko/Urdu: شنکیاری) is a Union Council of Mansehra District (Upper Pakhli) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is a major tea city with many tea gardens. The police station was established before the Partition of India.

  9. Yasin Valley - Wikipedia

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    Darkot Pass is an historical pass which has been labelled as a restricted zone by the government of Pakistan. This pass used to be the shortest means of communication between the Oxus and Indus . Most tourism is along the Assumbur Pass to the Ishkoman Valley . one pass is from Darkot yasin to Thoi.