Khewra2 · Engrwaseemraja, CC BY-SA 3.0

Khewra Salt Mines Pakistan (206) · Farhan, CC BY 2.0

Ground floor tunnel (Khewra Salt Mines) · Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0

Salt Mosque (Khewra Salt Mines) · Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0

Crystal Valley (Khewra Salt Mines) · Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0

Red Hills Of Tobbar · Farooq Mian, CC BY 3.0

Khewra, Pakistan

کھیوڑہ

Khewra is a town of 80,000 people in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Population80,000 GeoNames

Local nameکھیوڑہ

RegionPunjab

Elevation278 m 910 ft

Time zoneAsia/Karachi

Nearest airportBhagatanwala (BHW) 66 km

Why visit Khewra

Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks in and around town.

About Khewra

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

From the Wikipedia article Khewra, Jhelum (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museums and landmarks2

Khewra Salt Mines

Monument and historic site

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Salt Mines Rail

Monument and historic site

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Map of Khewra

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Getting there and nearby towns

Bhagatanwala (BHW) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 66 km away.

Dandot RS 3 km west, about 3 min by car
Pind Dadan Khan 8 km southeast, about 8 min by car
Choa Saidan Shah 8 km north, about 8 min by car
Bhera 21 km southwest, about 21 min by car
Malakwal City 22 km southeast, about 22 min by car
Malakwal 22 km southeast, about 22 min by car
Chakwal 35 km northwest, about 35 min by car
Mandi Bahauddin 46 km east, about 46 min by car
Sargodha 70 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
New Mirpur City 89 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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Sources and licences

GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text

Photo credits

Khewra2, Engrwaseemraja, CC BY-SA 3.0
Khewra Salt Mines Pakistan (206), Farhan, CC BY 2.0
Ground floor tunnel (Khewra Salt Mines), Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0
Salt Mosque (Khewra Salt Mines), Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0
Crystal Valley (Khewra Salt Mines), Smsarmad, CC BY-SA 3.0
Red Hills Of Tobbar, Farooq Mian, CC BY 3.0
Oecobius putus epigyne, G. Blagoev, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, CC BY-SA 3.0
Oecobius putus, G. Blagoev, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, CC BY-SA 3.0
Argiope aemula male pedipalp 1, G. Blagoev, CC BY 3.0

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