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  2. Khewra Salt Mine - Wikipedia

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    A small Masjid made of salt bricks inside the Khewra salt mine complex. Khewra Salt Mine is a major tourist attraction, with around 250,000 visitors a year, [7] earning it considerable revenue. [27] Visitors are taken into the mine on the Khewra Salt Mines Railway. [21] There are numerous pools of salty water inside.

  3. Jhelum District - Wikipedia

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    A small masjid made of salt bricks inside the Khewra salt mine complex. The Khewra Salt Mine (or Mayo Salt Mine) is located in Khewra, north of Pind Dadan Khan, [14] an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District, which rises from the Indo-Gangetic Plain. [15] It is Pakistan's largest and oldest salt mine [16] and the world's second largest.

  4. Khewra, Jhelum - Wikipedia

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    Khewra (Punjabi / Urdu: کھیوڑہ) is the second most populated city of Jhelum District and the neighbor city of Pind Dadan Khan in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The city is administratively subdivided into two union councils [1] and is the location of the Khewra Salt Mine. The population of Khewra city is about 35,000 (or 80,000).

  5. Salt Range - Wikipedia

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    The Salt Range contains the great mines of Khewra, Kalabagh and Warcha which yield vast supplies of salt. [1] Coal of a medium quality is also found here. [1] The Salt Range starts from the Bakralla and Tilla Jogian ridges in the east and extends to the west of River Jhelum. [3]

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Salt Range and Khewra Salt Mine: Punjab: 2016 v, viii (mixed) The geological formation of Salt Range formed 800 million years ago with the evaporation of a shallow sea, resulting in thick deposits of rock salt.

  7. Pothohar Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Khewra Salt Mine in Khewra is the second largest salt mine in the world. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The mine is famous for its production of pink Khewra salt, often marketed as Himalayan salt , and is a major tourist attraction, drawing up to 250,000 visitors a year. [ 43 ]

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  9. Mining in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Khewra Salt Mines are among the world's oldest and biggest salt mines. Salt is mined at Khewra in an underground area of about 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi). Khewra salt mine has an estimated total of 220 million tonnes of rock salt deposits. The current production from the mine is 325,000 tons of salt per annum.