Karakoram

Summary

Karakoram is a mountain range^[1]. Karakoram ranks in the top 0.71% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,228 views/month, #20 of 2,807).^[2]

Key Facts

• Karakoram is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Karakoram is in the country of Tajikistan^[4].
• Karakoram is in the country of India^[5].
• Karakoram is in the country of Afghanistan^[6].
• Karakoram is in the country of Pakistan^[7].
• Karakoram's image is recorded as K2-big.jpg^[8].
• Karakoram's instance of is recorded as mountain range^[9].
• Karakoram's shares border with is recorded as Tibetan Plateau^[10].
• Karakoram's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247643385^[11].
• Karakoram's GND ID is recorded as 4073227-7^[12].
• Karakoram's locator map image is recorded as KKH.png^[13].
• Karakoram's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071593^[14].
• Karakoram's part of is recorded as Alpide belt^[15].
• Karakoram's part of is recorded as Larger Himalaya^[16].
• Karakoram's Commons category is recorded as Karakoram^[17].
• Karakoram's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 10770937^[18].
• Karakoram's highest point is recorded as K2^[19].
• Karakoram's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.883055555556, 'lon': 76.508888888889}^[20].
• Karakoram's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g3bl^[21].
• Karakoram's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge143955^[22].
• Karakoram's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karakoram^[23].
• Karakoram's Commons gallery is recorded as Karakoram^[24].
• Karakoram's page banner is recorded as Wv Karakorum banner.jpg^[25].
• Karakoram's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035358^[26].
• Karakoram's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include People's Republic of China^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 1949^[30]; Tajikistan^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Tajikistan^[32], founded in 1991^[33]; India^[5], a country^[34], in India^[35], founded in 1947^[36]; Afghanistan^[6], a sovereign state^[37], in Afghanistan^[38], founded in 1709^[39]; and Pakistan^[7], a sovereign state^[40], in Pakistan^[41], founded in 1947^[42]. Part of include Alpide belt^[15], a geomorphological system^[43], in Algeria^[44] and Larger Himalaya^[16], a non-geologically related mountain range^[45], in Norway^[46].

Physical Characteristics

Karakoram's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8611'}^[47]. Karakoram's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+500'}^[48].

Designation and Status

Karakoram's instance of is recorded as mountain range^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Karakoram include K2^[49], a mountain^[50], in Pakistan^[51] and Karakoram International University^[52], a university^[53], in Pakistan^[54], founded in 2002^[55].

Why It Matters

Karakoram ranks in the top 0.71% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,228 views/month, #20 of 2,807).^[2] Karakoram has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[56] Karakoram is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]

Entities named for Karakoram include K2^[49], a mountain^[50], in Pakistan^[51] and Karakoram International University^[52], a university^[53], in Pakistan^[54], founded in 2002^[55].