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Khewra Salt Mine

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Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Khewra Salt Mine
Phone:
+92 544 231137

Hours:
Sunday9am - 6pm
Monday9am - 6pm
Tuesday9am - 6pm
Wednesday9am - 6pm
Thursday9am - 6pm
Friday9am - 6pm
Saturday9am - 6pm


The Khewra Salt Mine is located in Khewra, north of Pind Dadan Khan, an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District, Punjab Region, Pakistan, which rises from the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is Pakistan's largest, the world's 2nd largest and the oldest salt mine in the world. It is a major tourist attraction, drawing up to 250,000 visitors a year. Its history dates back to its discovery by Alexander's troops in 320 BC, but it started trading in the Mughal era. The main tunnel at ground level was developed by Dr. H. Warth, a mining engineer, in 1872 during British rule. After independence, the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation took over the mine, which still remains the largest source of salt in the country, producing more than 350,000 tons per annum of about 99% pure halite. Estimates of the reserves of salt in the mine vary from 82 million tons to 600 million tons.
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