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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 ...
It is located in the Karakoram and holds a significant strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan, specifically in the Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts. Additionally, it is positioned on the southwestern border of China, within the Xinjiang region.
It is part of the Silk Road, connected by the Karakoram Highway and N-90 National Highway to Islamabad and Peshawar in the southwest, via Hazara and Malakand divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To the north, Chilas connects to the cities of Tashkurgan and Kashgar in Xinjiang, China, via Gilgit, Aliabad, Sust, and the Khunjerab Pass.
National Highways are not to be confused with provincial highways, which are roads maintained by the respective provinces. Pakistan's national highways include the famous Grand Trunk Road, Indus Highway, Karakoram Highway and Makran Coastal Highway. All national highways in Pakistan are pre-fixed with the letter 'N' (for "national") followed by ...
The road leading from Hunza to Nagar-I is almost entirely unpaved. The roads in and around the region are constantly affected by landslides, especially during the summer season. Some parts of the Sas Valley road are also in dire condition. The Karakoram mountain range envelopes the entire region, including the Rakaposhi peak, Diran peak and ...
Lists of roads in Pakistan (13 P) P. Expressways in Pakistan (3 C, 11 P) Highways in Pakistan (4 C, 9 P) ... Karakoram Highway; N-40 National Highway; N-50 National ...
The National Highway 90 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۹۰) or the N-90 is one of Pakistan National Highway running from town of Khwazakhela in Swat District to the town of Besham in Shangla District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1] The highway connects Malakand Division with the Karakoram Highway at Besham. Its total length ...
Moorkhun (also Morkhun and Moorkhun) is a small village on the Karakoram Highway in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is across a small river from Boibar valley. The village is beside the Hunza River about 180 kilometres (110 mi) upriver from Gilgit. It is the eighth village from Gulmit towards the China–Pakistan border at the ...