Khewra
Khewra 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 32,600 residents
- Description: city in Punjab, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Khewera” and “Khewra, Jhelum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khewra and Dandot railway station.
Khewra
Railway station
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Khewra Railway Station is located in the vicinity of Khewra city, which is part of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, in the Jhelum District of Pakistan.
Dandot railway station
Railway station
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Dandot Railway Station is located in Dandot RS village, Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, in the Jhelum District of Punjab province, Pakistan. Dandot railway station is situated 3 km west of Khewra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khewra Salt Mine and Dandot RS.
Khewra Salt Mine
Photo: Shikari7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The world's second largest salt mine, the Khewra Salt Mine, is a major tourist attraction, drawing thousands of visitors every year.
Dandot RS
Village
Photo: M.Ehsan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shireen Abad is a village, union council Golepur, and administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil. Dandot RS is situated 3½ km west of Khewra.
Pind Dadan Khan
Town
Pind Dadan Khan, a city in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, is the capital of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of the district. Pind Dadan Khan is situated 5 km southeast of Khewra.
Khewra
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.63074° or 32° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
73.01471° or 73° 0′ 53″ eastPopulation
32,600Elevation
374 metres (1,227 feet)United Nations Location Code
PK KWAOpen location code
8J4MJ2J7+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 115972447OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Khewra” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Khewra”
- Cebuano: “Khewra”
- Chinese: “凯沃拉”
- Chinese: “凱沃拉”
- Dutch: “Khewra”
- French: “Khewra”
- Italian: “Khewra”
- Panjabi: “ਖੇਵੜਾ, ਜੇਹਲਮ”
- Persian: “کهیوره، جهلم”
- Persian: “کهیوره”
- Urdu: “کھیوڑہ”
- Vietnamese: “Khewra”
- Western Panjabi: “کھیوڑا”
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