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The Wakhan Corridor ( alternatively Vakhan Corridor , or Wakhan ) is the narrow strip of ___MASK52___ in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan . The corridor , wedged between the Pamirs to the north and the Karakoram ___MASK79___ to the south , is about long and wide . Aksai Chin (" Aks '  cin "; Urdu :   ) is one of the ___MASK72___ main disputed ___MASK32___ areas between China and ___MASK53___ , the other being a part of Arunachal Pradesh . It is administered by China as part of Hotan County , which lies in the southwestern part of Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region , but is also claimed by ___MASK53___ as a part of the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir . In 1962 , China and ___MASK53___ fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh , but in 1993 and 1996 , the ___MASK72___ countries signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control . ___MASK53___ , officially the ___MASK69___ of ___MASK53___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over ___MASK77___ . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian ___MASK20___ on the southwest , and the ___MASK54___ of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK53___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK53___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Gasherbrum II ( also known as K4 , is the 13th highest ___MASK67___ in the world at above ___MASK20___ level . It is the third - highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif , and is located in the Karakoram , on the border between Gilgit  Baltistan province , Pakistan , and Xinjiang , China . The ___MASK67___ was first climbed on July 7 , 1956 , by an Austrian expedition which included Fritz Moravec , Josef Larch , and Hans Willenpart . Afghanistan ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic ___MASK69___ of Afghanistan , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and China in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . The Greater Ranges comprise the high ___MASK67___ ranges of Asia : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( abbreviated as KP ; ) is one of the ___MASK90___ provinces of Pakistan , located in the northwestern region of the country . It was formerly known as North - West ___MASK63___ ___MASK8___ ( NWFP ) and commonly called " Sarhad ", which in Urdu means " frontier ." Its provincial ___MASK3___ and largest city is Peshawar , followed by Mardan . It shares borders with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the west ; Gilgit  Baltistan to the northeast ; Azad Kashmir , Islamabad and Punjab to the east and southeast . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa " does not " share a border with Balochistan , which lies to its southwest . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also shares an international border with Afghanistan , connected through the Khyber Pass . K2 , also known as Mount Godwin - Austen or Chhogori ( Balti :  ), is the second highest ___MASK67___ in the world , after Mount Everest , at above ___MASK20___ level . It is located on the China - Pakistan border between Baltistan , in the Gilgit  Baltistan region of northern Pakistan , and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang , China . K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang . Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous ___MASK24___ , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the ___MASK24___ of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The ___MASK24___ , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the ___MASK24___ of 4 . 4 billion people . Gasherbrum I , also known as Hidden Peak or K5 , is the 11th highest ___MASK67___ in the world at above ___MASK20___ level . It is located on the Pakistani  Chinese border in Gilgit  Baltistan region of Pakistan and Xinjiang region of China . Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif , located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya . Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean " Shining Wall ", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring peak Gasherbrum IV ; but in fact it comes from " rgasha " ( beautiful ) + " brum " ( ___MASK67___ ) in Balti , hence it actually means " beautiful ___MASK67___ ." Ladakh (" land of high passes ") ( Ladakhi :      " la ' dwags "; ) is a ___MASK18___ in Indian ___MASK17___ of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kunlun ___MASK73___ to the main Great Himalayas to the south , inhabited by people of Indo - Aryan and Tibetan descent . It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet . Gilgit ( Urdu , Shina : ) is the ___MASK3___ city of Gilgit - Baltistan , an administrative territory of Pakistan . The city of Gilgit constitutes a ___MASK44___ within Gilgit District . The city ' s ancient name was " Sargin ", later to be known as " Gilit ", and it is still referred to as " Gilit " or " Sargin - Gilit " by local people . In the Burushaski language , it is named " Geelt " and in Wakhi and Khowar it is called " Gilt ". " Ghallata " is considered its name in ancient Sanskrit literature . China , officially the ___MASK91___ ' s ___MASK69___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK77___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Baltistan , also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet , is a mountainous ___MASK18___ on the ___MASK32___ of Pakistan and ___MASK53___ in the Karakoram mountains just south of K2 ( the world ' s second - highest mountain ). Its average altitude is over . The Nagar ( Urdu .  ) is a ___MASK33___ near Gilgit ___MASK33___ in the Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan . The Nagar District is administratively subdivided into two tehsils namely Nagar - ___MASK77___ and Nagar - 2 . The ___MASK33___ is situated at an elevation of 2 , 438m ( 7 , 999 feet ). Broad Peak is the 12th highest ___MASK67___ in the world at above ___MASK20___ level . The literal translation of " Broad Peak " to Falchan Kangri (      ) is not accepted among the Balti people . The ___MASK97___ was introduced in 1892 by the British explorer Martin Conway , in reference to the similarly named Breithorn in the Alps . Tajikistan (, or ), officially the ___MASK69___ of Tajikistan (" Çumhuriji Toçikiston "), is a mountainous , landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013 , and an area of . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south , Uzbekistan to the west , Kyrgyzstan to the north , and China to the east . Pakistan lies to the south , separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor . Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present - ___MASK4___ Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Uzbekistan . Spantik or Golden Peak is a ___MASK67___ in Spantik - Sosbun Mountains subrange of Karakoram in Nagar ___MASK33___ , Gilgit Baltistan , ___MASK53___ . Its northwest face features an exceptionally hard climbing route known as the " Golden Pillar ". It lies east of Diran and northeast of Malubiting . Kashmir is the northernmost ___MASK68___ ___MASK18___ of the Indian ___MASK80___ . Until the mid - 19th ___MASK1___ , the term " Kashmir " denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal ___MASK73___ . Today , it denotes a larger area that includes the Indian - administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir ( subdivided into Jammu , Kashmir , and Ladakh divisions ), the Pakistani - administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit - Baltistan , and Chinese - administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans - Karakoram Tract . Malubiting ( also known as Malubiting West ) is the second highest peak in the Rakaposhi - Haramosh Mountains , a subrange of the Karakoram ___MASK79___ of Pakistan . Gilgit - Baltistan , formerly known as the Northern Areas , is the northernmost administrative ___MASK52___ of Pakistan . It borders Azad Kashmir to the south , the ___MASK8___ of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west , the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north , the Xinjiang region of China , to the east and northeast , and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast . Gilgit - Baltistan is part of the region that is disputed by India and Pakistan , along with Azad Kashmir , Aksai Chin , the Shakshagam Valley , and Jammu , Ladakh , and the Valley of Kashmir . The Spantik - Sosbun Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram ___MASK79___ in Gilgit - Baltistan , Pakistan - occupied Kashmir . The highest peak is Spantik , 7 , 027 m ( 23 , 054 ft ) . The other namesake peak is Sosbun Brakk , 6 , 413 m ( 21 , 040 ft ) . The Spantik - Sosbun Mountains are a narrow ___MASK79___ , about 120 km ( 80 mi ) long , trending roughly east - west . On the north , the ___MASK79___ is bounded by the important Hispar and Biafo Glaciers , across which lie the Hispar Muztagh and Panmah Muztagh respectively . On the southwest , the Barpu Glacier and the longer Chogo Lungma Glacier separate the ___MASK79___ from the Rakaposhi - Haramosh Mountains ; the pass known as the Polan La ( 5840 m / 19 , 160 ft ) separates the Barpu from the Chogo Lungma , and links the two ranges . On the southeast , the Braldu River separates the ___MASK79___ from the somewhat lower Mango Gusor Mountains . Jammu and Kashmir is a ___MASK17___ in northern ___MASK53___ , often denoted by the acronym J & K . It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains , and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south . Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with China in the north and east , and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani - administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit - Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively . The ___MASK17___ has special autonomy under Article 370 of the ___MASK28___ . Diran is a ___MASK67___ in the Karakoram ___MASK79___ in Nagar ___MASK33___ , Gilgit - Baltistan , Pakistan . This pyramid shaped ___MASK67___ lies to the east of Rakaposhi ( 7 , 788m ). Pakistan ( or ), officially the Islamic ___MASK69___ of Pakistan , is a federal parliamentary ___MASK69___ in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian ___MASK20___ and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . Azad Jammu and Kashmir (" zd Jamm  o Kamr "), abbreviated as AJK and commonly known as Azad Kashmir , is a self - governing administrative ___MASK94___ . The ___MASK52___ lies west of the Indian - administered ___MASK17___ of Jammu and Kashmir , and was previously ___MASK81___ of the former princely ___MASK17___ of Jammu and Kashmir , which ceased to exist as a result of the first Kashmir war fought between ___MASK53___ and Pakistan in 1947 . The Karakoram , or Karakorum is a large ___MASK73___ spanning the borders of Pakistan , India , and China , with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan . It is located in the regions of Gilgit  Baltistan ( Pakistan ), Ladakh ( India ), and southern Xinjiang ( China ), and reaches the Wakhan Corridor ( Afghanistan ). A part of the complex of ranges from the Hindu Kush to the Himalayan Range , it is one of the Greater Ranges of Asia . The Karakoram is home to the four most closely located peaks over 8000m in height on earth : K2 , the second highest peak in the world at , Gasherbrum I , Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II .