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The 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Khewra Salt Mines Railway track laid during the British era is used to bring salt out of the mine in rail cars. [35] Khewra salt is Pakistan's best known rock salt. [11] It is used for cooking, as bath salt, as brine [30] and as a raw material for many industries, including a soda ash plant set up by AkzoNobel in ...
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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).
Brent Hofacker / 500px - Getty Images. Sea Salt. Derived from evaporated seawater, sea salt comes in many varieties and origins. ... Pink Himalayan Salt. Mined from the Khewra Salt Mine in ...
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.
Khewra Salt Mine tunnel (Crystal Valley) 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]
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.