China National Highway 219 edit extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (using Wikipedia Reflection Script)

China National Highway 219 (G219) runs from Yecheng in Xinjiang to Lazi in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is 2,279 kilometres in length. The road passes through Aksai Chin, an area administered by the People's Republic of China but claimed by India, and its construction was one of the triggers for the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

The road passes near Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.

External links

• The Highway 219 from Yecheng over Western Tibet to Kathmandu Description and profile of the route.
• Going round in circles on the road to Nirvana describes a journey along part of the route
• Some photos along the Highway 219

See also

• China National Highways

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