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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Khewra

| native_name = {{lower|0.2em|[[:ur:کھیوڑہ|کھیوڑہ]]}}

| settlement_type = city

| image_skyline = khewra1.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| image_caption = Khewra - Kohistan E Namak

| image_seal = saltians.jpg

| seal_size = 250px

| nickname = Kingdom of Salt, The City of SALTIANS, A Land of Peace

| motto = ''To Spread the Message of Peace''

| image_map =

| pushpin_map =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan

| coordinates =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan{{PAK}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Region]]

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Punjab}} [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Pakistan|District]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhelum District|Jhelum]]

| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]

| subdivision_name3 = [[Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil|Pind Dadan Khan]]

| subdivision_type4 = [[Tourist attraction]]

| subdivision_name4 = [[Khewra Salt Mine]]

| established_title = [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Councils]]

| seat_type = Founded

| seat = 14 March 1876

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = list

| p1 = 22 [[Ward (country subdivision)|Wards]]

| p2 = 30 Maher (Gang-man's)

| leader_title = Tribal Chief

| leader_name = Raja Junaid Iqbal

| leader_title1 = [[Chairman]]

| leader_name1 = Maher Farooq Hussnain Nazar (UC-I)

| leader_title2 = [[Chairman]]

| leader_name2 = Maher jaffar Ali jaffri (UC-II)

| leader_title3 = Founder of [[Khewra Salt Mine]]

| leader_name3 = Great Alexander

| leader_title4 = [[Tribes]]

| leader_name4 = Awan, Rajput, Khokhar, Mirza, Malik, Jotania, Phaphra, Mughal

| area_total_km2 =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 277.48

| elevation_ft = 910.36

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 80,000

| population_as_of =

| population_density_km2 =

| population_demonym = Saltian

| timezone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]]

| utc_offset = +5

| timezone_DST =

| utc_offset_DST =

| postal_code_type = [[Postal Code]]

| postal_code = 49060

| area_code = 0544

| website = {{URL|http://www.khewra.webs.com}}

}}

'''Khewra''' is the second most populated city of [[Jhelum District]] and the neighbor city of [[Pind Dadan Khan]] in [[Jhelum District]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="NRB">[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043508/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum |date=2012-02-09 }}</ref> The city is administratively subdivided into two [[Union Councils of Pakistan|union councils]]<ref name="NRB"/> and is the location of the [[Khewra Salt Mine]]. The population of Khewra city is about 35,000 (or 80,000).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Khewra City is also known as "The Kingdom of Salt" because of its rock salt which is 98% pure and natural source of salt in Pakistan. Khewra Salt Mine is the second largest [[Salt Mine|salt mine]] in the world.

==Tourism==