Karakuram HIGHWAY
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A new
all-weather road, the Karakoram Highway connecting Rawalpindi/Islamabad
with China's Xinjiang Province runs through the Northern
Areas.
The 805 kms. dual carriage metalled road starts from
Havelian 100 kms. from Islamabad and winds through
Abbottabad-Mansehra-Thakot-Besham-Pattan-Sazin-
Chilas-Gilgit-Hunza to the Chinese Frontier across the 4,733
meters high Khunjerab Pass. The road built by the Pakistan
Army engineers in association with the Chinese experts and
technicians has been described as a marvel of civil
engineering and even as "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
Completed in 15 years, it has been forced through some of the
world's toughest terrain. The road not only opens up the
Northern Areas to trade and travel but provides easy access to
hitherto closed regions, connected by jeep or goat tracks.
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